Three Chicago men face federal charges after they tried to rob an undercover ATF agent during a gun deal arranged on Instagram, according to a criminal complaint. The agent fired a shot during the holdup attempt, which went down in a Walmart parking lot, but no injuries were reported.
According to the complaint, 19-year-old Jeremy Jones was advertising firearms for sale on Instagram under the handle @spoodyfrm76th, including a Glock Model 19 pistol and a purple and black Ruger Security-9 pistol. An undercover agent who had been in touch with Jones for nearly a year began DMing Jones about those two firearms last week.
They struck a deal to meet Thursday in the parking lot of a store on the 2500 block of West 95th Street in Evergreen Park, but Jones allegedly changed the meeting place to a Walmart at 10900 South Doty Avenue, saying the original spot was “too hot.” A second ATF undercover officer accompanied the first to the new location for backup.
When Jones arrived in a black Chevrolet Cruze around 11:30 a.m., Carmell Massey, 20, was driving, and 22-year-old Christopher Densmore was in the back seat, according to the complaint, and Jones, who uses crutches to walk, was in the front passenger seat…