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Police: Man Killed 2 At Motorcycle Club

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man has been charged with shooting and killing two people at a West Chatham neighborhood motorcycle club over the weekend.

Charles Ervin, 27, of the 8400 block of South Wolcott Avenue, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, five counts of unlawful use of a firearm by a felon, and five counts of aggravated battery with a firearm in the Sunday incident, police said.

On Saturday evening, a love of fast bikes brought riders together at The Hawks Motorcycle Club, 149 W. 75th St. But a spray of shots allegedly fired by Ervin around 1:40 a.m. Sunday would kill two gathered there and send another five wounded to area hospitals.

Sources say an altercation broke out between someone from a Gary, Ind. motorcycle group known as The Street Soldiers and members of The Hawks. Several other motorcycle clubs may have also been present.

Killed were Emmitt Suddoth, 38, the president of the motorcycle club, and South Side resident Bryant Glass, 39.

A Sunday autopsy determined Suddoth died of a gunshot wound to the back, while Glass died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the medical examiner's office. Both deaths were ruled homicides.

Among the five injured and taken to area hospitals, two were women. The victims at Stroger Hospital of Cook County include Maurice Harper, transported in critical condition, and Tiffany Smith who was in stable condition.

Suddoth's family says The Hawks Motorcycle Club members typically met on the first of every month, often staying late into the evening. It was a monthly ritual anticipated by all that was marred by violence.

Ervin is due for a noon hearing Tuesday in Violence Court (Br. 66) at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse.

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