Siblings from Chicago accused of fatally shooting recent Oak Park-River Forest high school grad during carjacking

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A brother and sister from Chicago are facing charges in the the shooting death of 18-year-old Jailyn Logan-Bledsoe, fatally shot during a robbery and carjacking in Oak Park last month, officials said.

for her work in the community.Kenneth Elliott, 21, and his 17-year-old sister, Adrianna Vanzant, were taken into custody Thursday in Chicago and have been charged with first-degree murder, according a statement posted on the village of Oak Park’s website.

Elliot, of the 1700 block of North Linder Avenue, was scheduled to appear Friday morning in the 4th Municipal District Court in Maywood.Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.Elliot, of the 1700 block of North Linder Avenue, was scheduled to appear Friday morning in Maywood for a bond court hearing via Zoom.

“She was a very powerful, brilliant young woman that definitely cared deeply about her community,” said Cynthia Brito, the teen’s adviser at the Revolutionary Oak Park Youth Action League, a youth-led community organization that has advocated for racial equality.Advertisement

 

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