By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Brandon Collins | Chicago Police
A 31-year-old man has been charged with killing Mecahel Holder and wounding two women in a shooting at a party over the Fourth of July weekend in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Brandon Collins, 31, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police.
Collins and the 34-year-old Holder got into an altercation at a Fourth of July celebration in the 1100 block of North Ridgeway about 1:35 a.m. July 5, according to police.
Mecahel Holder | Chicago Police
Collins shot Holder and the two women the victim had been talking to as they sat in a parked vehicle, police said.
Holder, of the 2100 block of West 50th Place, was shot in the head and torso, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:44 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
A 29-year-old woman was shot in the right shoulder and was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital, police said. The other woman, 31, was shot in the right hand and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.
Collins, of the 8000 block of South Brandon Avenue, was scheduled to appear in bond court Thursday.