Suspect charged in motorcycle club slayings

A 27-year-old man was charged this morning with the Sunday shooting deaths of two Hawks Motorcycle Club members and the wounding of five others in their South Side club building, police said.

Charles Ervin, of the 8200 block of South Wolcott Avenue, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Emmit Suddoth, 38, and Bryant Glass, 39, police said.

Ervin also was charged with one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and five counts of aggravated battery with a firearm for shooting five others, police said. According to court records, Ervin was convicted in 2007 for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.

The shootings happened about 1:40 a.m. Sunday at the Hawks Motorcycle Club at 149 W. 75th Street in the West Chatham neighborhood. Police said the shooting stemmed from an argument in the club.

Ervin allegedly opened fire after the dispute and killed Suddoth and Glass and wounded five others, including two women.

Emmit Suddoth of the 9500 block of South Union Avenue, was pronounced dead at 2:28 a.m. at Stroger Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. He was shot in the back.

Bryant Glass of the 900 block of West 116th Street died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the office.

The five other victims were taken in critical condition Sunday to area hospitals.

Ervin was scheduled to appear in bond court later today.