Three Men Charged With Federal Firearm Violations After Exchange of Gunfire in Suburban Chicago Parking Lot | USAO-NDIL

CHICAGO — 3 males involved in an trade of gunfire in a retail outlet parking ton in a Chicago suburb have been indicted on federal firearm violations.

The indictment in U.S. District Court docket in Chicago accuses ANTHONY HAYES and JAMARI WILLIAMS of each and every firing many rounds at REGINALD DANIELS in the retail store parking great deal in Calumet City, Unwell., on Aug. 9, 2021.  Daniels and an additional specific with him ended up wounded.  Daniels drew a gun from his waistband and fired numerous rounds at Hayes and Williams as they ran absent, the indictment states.  A person of Daniels’s pictures struck an personal who transpired to be driving in close proximity to the retailer and was not included in the exchange of gunfire, the indictment states.

Three times right after the shootings, legislation enforcement done a court-licensed search of Hayes’s home and found out 8 firearms, such as the handguns applied by Hayes and Williams in the capturing of Daniels and the particular person with him, the indictment states.

The indictment rates Hayes, 24, of Dolton, Unwell., Williams, 23, of Chicago, and Daniels, 40, of Chicago, with illegal possession of a firearm as beforehand convicted felons.  Hayes also faces extra counts of unlawful possession of equipment guns.  All 3 defendants are in legislation enforcement custody.  Daniels is scheduled to appear for a detention listening to right now at 3:00 p.m. just before U.S. Magistrate Decide Gabriel A. Fuentes.  Federal court appearances for Hayes and Williams have not nonetheless been scheduled.

The indictment was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and Kristen de Tineo, Exclusive Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Area Division of the U.S. Bureau of Liquor, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.  Significant guidance was furnished by the Calumet Town Law enforcement Section, U.S. Marshals Company, South Suburban Significant Crimes Job Force, South Suburban Emergency Response Staff, Prepare dinner County Sheriff’s Workplace, and Illinois State Law enforcement.  The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Lawyer Paul Mower.

The general public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of guilt.  The defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair demo at which the government has the stress of proving guilt beyond a realistic question.  If convicted, the Court have to impose acceptable sentences under federal statutes and the advisory U.S. Sentencing Recommendations.