Due to the quick response of members of the Citywide Robbery Task Force, a semi-automatic rifle was taken off the street and multiple felony charges were secured against an offender who attempted to escape.

While monitoring the police radio during a Robbery Enforcement Mission the night of October 31, 2025, task force officers heard a call of shots fired in the area of 59th Street and Indiana Avenue. The officers responded and upon arrival, observed a 20-year-old male offender grab his waistband before fleeing. The officers initiated a foot pursuit and apprehended him a short time later without incident in a backyard in the 5800 block of S. Indiana Ave. 

As officers searched the backyard, they recovered a semi-automatic rifle with a machine gun conversion device and a high-capacity magazine. Further digital evidence connected the offender to the recovered weapon and ammunition.

Thanks to the swift apprehension of this offender by Robbery Task Force members and 2nd District officers, the offender has been charged with: 

• One felony count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon – Rifle<16in 

• One felony count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon – Machine Gun/Auto Weapon

• One felony count of Aggravated Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Person under 21

• One felony count of Aggravated Unlawful Possession of a Weapon/Person/Ammo

• One misdemeanor count of Possession of Ammunition Without a Valid FOID