Overview
- Clark is scheduled to appear Saturday in Leighton Courthouse for a detention hearing
- He has been charged on numerous felony counts, among them first-degree murder, aggravated arson, attempted murder and residential arson
- A joint investigation by Chicago police and the ATF identified him as the suspect after combing through the fire’s wreckage
- The June 26 blaze at a three-story West North Avenue building killed four people, including a 5-year-old and longtime editor Brad Cummings, and critically injured three others
- More than two dozen families were displaced, prompting community vigils and a $5,000 reward offered by faith leaders