A Chicago man has pleaded guilty in a 2021 drive-by shooting of three undercover law enforcement officers he mistook for rival gang members
By means ofThe Associated Press
December 6, 2023, 6:05 PM
CHICAGO– A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to charges in a 2021 drive-by shooting of three undercover law enforcement officers he mistook for rival gang members, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Eugene “Gen Gen” McLaurin, 31, entered a plea Tuesday to three counts of assault on a federal officer and two counts of using a firearm during a violent crime, prosecutors said.
Each firearm count carries a prison sentence of 10 years to life in prison and each assault count carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years, prosecutors said. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah scheduled sentencing for March 13, 2024.
McLaurin has been in federal custody since his 2021 arrest.
The shootings occurred the morning of July 7, 2021, when two agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and an ATF Task Force officer rode in an unmarked vehicle while conducting an undercover federal investigation on the South Side. .
McLaurin admitted in a plea deal that he wrongly suspected the officers were members of an opposing gang. McLaurin drove alongside the vehicle and fired several shots, seriously wounding the three officers, prosecutors said.