Brown's Chicken massacre
| Brown's Chicken massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Palatine, Illinois, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 42°07′22″N 88°02′53″W / 42.12278°N 88.04806°W |
| Date | January 8, 1993 |
Attack type | Armed robbery, mass shooting, mass murder |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 7 |
| Perpetrators | Juan Luna and James Degorski |
| Motive | Robbery Witness elimination |
The Brown's Chicken massacre was a mass murder that occurred on January 8, 1993, in Palatine, Illinois, when two robbers shot and killed seven employees at a Brown's Chicken fast-food restaurant.
The case remained unsolved for more than nine years, until one of the assailants was implicated by his girlfriend in 2002. Police used DNA samples from the murder scene to match one of the suspects, Juan Luna. Luna was put on trial in 2007, found guilty of seven counts of first degree murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. James Degorski, the other assailant, was found guilty in 2009 on all seven counts of first degree murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.