The Brief
- Nighel Washington, 27, was arrested this week in connection with a July shooting in Austin.
- Police say Washington shot and seriously injured a 25-year-old man on Lorel Avenue.
- He faces two felony counts and was due in court Friday for a detention hearing.
CHICAGO – A Chicago man has been arrested four months after a shooting that injured another man on the city’s West Side, police said.
What we know:
Nighel Washington, 27, was taken into custody Wednesday morning in the 500 block of North Lawler Avenue by Chicago police and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force.
He faces two felony charges:
- One count of aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm
- One count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a person without a concealed carry license.
The backstory:…