On Thursday, 18-year-old Anthony Roldan was charged with two counts of felony first-degree murder.
He had been arrested for killing a man and a woman in the Humboldt Park section of Chicago in May 2021.
In his mugshot, released by Chicago police, Roldan can be seen emotional and crying.
Reports indicate that Roldan had a disagreement with the victims before shooting them at Franklin’s Super Food and Liquors.
Destiny Nunez, 23, was wounded in her torso and was pronounced deceased at a hospital. Adrian Navarro, 18, was struck many times in the leg and torso and was pronounced dead at the hospital, too.
Another man, Justice Pierce, 20, was charged for with aggravated battery in the incident. He is accused of hitting Navarro with a bottle and punching him before the shooting.
The photograph of Roldan weeping in his jail picture has been circulating on the internet. Some Twitter users expressed that if he is guilty, he should only be thinking of the family of those he killed.
If convicted of the crimes, Roldan could receive life in prison. He may also become an “immortalized internet meme.”
