Chicago Man Pleads Guilty to Wounding ATF Agents in 2021 Shooting | C...

Bullet holes can be seen on the vehicle the agents were driving in on July 7, 2021. (U.S. Attorney's Office)Bullet holes can be seen on the vehicle the agents were driving in on July 7, 2021. (U.S. Attorney’s Office)

A Chicago man who shot two federal agents and a task force officer after mistakenly believing them to be members of a rival gang has pleaded guilty to federal assault and firearms charges.

Eugene McLaurin, 31, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of assaulting a federal officer and two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence, more than two years after he opened fire on an unmarked vehicle in Chicago’s Morgan Park.

According to federal prosecutors, the agents and officer were traveling in the vehicle around 5:40 a.m. July 7, 2021, as part of a covert federal investigation on the city’s South Side.

In pleading guilty, McLaurin admitted he had mistakenly believed they were members of an opposing gang and began following the officers’ vehicle. He then pulled alongside it near an I-57 expressway on-ramp and fired several shots.

The two agents and task force…

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