A man who escaped federal electronic monitoring nearly two years ago while awaiting trial on fentanyl trafficking charges fatally shot himself Monday morning as a U.S. Marshals task force moved in to arrest him in Back of the Yards, according to police, court records, and a law enforcement source. The source identified the man as 53-year-old Larry McGee.
Members of the task force went to the 5400 block of South Hermitage Avenue around 9:36 a.m. to execute an arrest warrant issued after McGee allegedly absconded from court-ordered monitoring in March 2025. As officers closed in, McGee pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head, Chicago police said. He died at the University of Chicago Medical Center. No law enforcement officer fired a weapon during the incident, officials said.
Court records show that authorities had been searching for McGee since his location-monitoring device was removed nearly two years ago. Federal pretrial services staff told the judge overseeing his case that they could not reach him, prompting the court to issue an arrest warrant in March 2025…