Clifton Lewis, 41, an eight-year police veteran, was fatally shot during a Dec. 29 robbery at a West Side convenience store.
Tyrone Clay, 29, and Edgardo Colon, 34, both of Chicago, were both charged early Saturday morning with murder while in commission of an armed robbery and first degree murder of a peace officer, said Cook County state's attorney spokeswoman Sally Daly
Colon was stopped Tuesday by police for making an improper turn in his vehicle. A .357-caliber handgun with two live rounds was found,.
Colon was ordered held without bond on an unrelated gun charge and is on parole for a conviction for home invasion.
Lewis was off-duty from his police job and working security when two masked robbers burst into M&M Quick Foods at 1201 N. Austin Blvd., opened fire with a gun — akin to a TEC-9 — and fatally wounded him.
Lewis took the part-time job at the store after it was robbed Dec. 9.
Lewis drew and fired his weapon, according to police, who declared that he had died in the line of duty as a result, affording him a funeral service and honors. He had become engaged Christmas Day, four days before his death.
Sources said cash was stolen from the register and the officer’s gun is missing.
State records show Colon was sentenced to six years in prison in April 2007 for a home invasion in which he was armed with a firearm, a Class X felony. He was paroled in October 2009. Court records give his home address as being in the 4600 block of West Fullerton Avenue.
Before the 2007 conviction, he was sentenced to four years for manufacturing or delivering one to fifteen grams of cocaine in 2006 and one year for obstruction of justice in 2005.
He was first in Illinois Department of Corrections custody in August of 1999 for a variety of gun and marijuana charges and was sentenced for three crimes to a total of four years, according to records
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