Indiana Man Accused of Supplying Gun That Killed Chicago Cop

Indiana Man Accused of Supplying Gun That Killed Chicago Cop
Police officers salute as a procession for a police officer who was shot and killed earlier during a traffic stop at 63rd and Bell drives by the Cook County Medical Examiners Office, in Chicago, on Aug. 8, 2021. Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
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Federal prosecutors Monday charged an Indiana man with purchasing and then illegally supplying the semi-automatic handgun used in a weekend shooting in Chicago that left one police officer dead and another severely wounded.

Jamel Danzy, 29, is accused of buying the weapon from a licensed gun dealer in Hammond, Indiana, in March and then providing it to an Illinois resident who Danzy knew could neither buy nor possess guns because of a felony conviction.