Franklin, 27, is charged with three felonies, including aggravated discharge of a firearm, being an armed habitual criminal and unlawful use of a weapon. During that first weekend in August, the Chicago Tribune reports that 75 people were shot - a dozen of them fatally. The first weekend of August was declared the deadliest weekend of the year for the cityTwelve people were killed in Chicago during the first weekend of August. Pictured above is officers at a crime scene on August 5According to the outlet, a tip or a statement from a witness did not help officers arrest Franklin. Once officers at the center received the alert, they turned on the city's surveillance cameras near the intersection and caught images of the crime scene.

Source: Daily Mail August 24, 2018 22:37 UTC