'Over 90 guns were illegally purchased in Tennessee and Kentucky, and sold or otherwise transferred to the Pocket Town Gangster Disciples street gang in Chicago,' said Tennessee Middle District U.S. Attorney Mark Wildasin.
A mass shooting a year ago in Chicago Lawn is being linked to a gun trafficking operation in which federal authorities say Army soldiers bought guns in Tennessee and Kentucky to supply to gang members on the South Side.
The soldiers — Demarcus Adams, 21; Jarius Brunson, 22; and Brandon Miller, 22 — were enlisted in the Army and stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, where they would legally purchase guns from local dealers in Tennessee and Kentucky, prosecutors charged. The soldiers are accused of selling them to members of the Gangster Disciples street gang in the Pocket Town neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, according to the 21-count indictment.
"The Justice Department will spare no resources to hold accountable criminal gun traffickers," Garland said at a news conference Friday."There is no hiding place for those who flood our communities with illegal guns. It does not matter where you are, or how far away you are. If you illegally traffic guns, we and our law enforcement partners nationwide will find you."
Federal authorities say, in addition to the guns used in the mass shooting in Chicago Lawn, another gun purchased in the same scheme was used in a killing at a Chicago barbershop in January 2021.
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