McLaurin confessed to firing shots at a suspected gang vehicle, which turned out to a police unmarked ATF vehicle with two ATF agents and one Chicago police officer.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
July 10, 2021
Chicago, Illinois - On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois filed a federal criminal complaint in the United States District Court Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division allegeding that Eugene McLaurin, 28, of Chicago intentionally shot and wounded two federal agents and a task force Chicago police officer in Chicago on Wednesday morning.
McLaurin is charged with one count of using a dangerous and deadly weapon to assault several special agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The charge is punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
McLaurin appeared in federal court on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Heather K. McShain.
The complaint was announced on Thursday by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Kristen deTineo, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Division of ATF; and David Brown, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. Valuable assistance was provided by the Illinois State Police. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elizabeth Pozolo and Jared Jodrey.
According to the complaint, two ATF agents and an ATF Task Force officer were driving in an unmarked law enforcement vehicle early Wednesday morning while participating in a federal investigation on the South Side of Chicago. The officers noticed that a white Chevrolet Malibu sedan was following their vehicle, and they took note of the license plate number, the complaint states. The driver of the Malibu pulled alongside the officers' vehicle, and the officers observed the driver's side window roll down, the complaint states. A man later identified as McLaurin began shooting at the officers' vehicle, wounding all three officers, the complaint states.
After the shooting, law enforcement located the Malibu parked on a street in Chicago, the complaint states. McLaurin was taken into law enforcement custody later Wednesday morning.
The investigation into the shooting remains ongoing and McLaurin could face additional federal felony counts.
7-page federal criminal complaint at link: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/press-release/file/1410451/download
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