A Cook County jury on Friday convicted a Chicago man of killing two men during an armed robbery in Chinatown in 2020.
The brutal murders of Huayi Bian, 36, and Weizhing Xiong, 38, rocked the community just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. Many of them showed up to support the families during the trial.
On Friday, jurors found Alvin Thomas, 25, guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, following less than two hours of deliberation, after a trial that began Monday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. Xiong’s wife, who was with him at the time of the shooting, testified at Thomas’ trial…