Chuck Goudie

1 week ago | nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Katy Smyser

NBC5 Investigates what will happen next to Chicago street gang kingpin and killer Larry Hoover, 24 hours after his life sentences were erased by President Trump. A day after Chicago street gang big shot Larry “The King” Hoover was let off the federal hook by President Trump, Hoover is being processed out of the federal “Supermax” prison in Colorado.

1 week ago | nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie

The list of legal perks is growing for one of El Chapo’s sons, who is being prosecuted on federal charges in Chicago. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, who has been in custody for more than two years in a federal drug trafficking case in Chicago, will not face the death penalty according to federal prosecutors. Avoiding capital punishment by lethal injection is the latest benefit that appears to be tied to Chapo’s kin entertaining cooperation plea bargain deals with the United States government.

2 weeks ago | nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Lisa Capitanini |Rich Moy

NBC 5 Investigates has learned how the confessed shooter from Chicago managed to fly from O’Hare International Airport to Washington, D.C. with the gun that he would use Wednesday evening to open fire on people leaving the Capitol Jewish Museum. The suspect, 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez, pulled his nine-millimeter pistol from the waistband of his pants Wednesday evening and started firing at guests from the Israeli Embassy who had been at a Capitol Jewish Museum event.

2 weeks ago | nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie

2 weeks ago | nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Lisa Capitanini

The gun that Chicagoan Elias Rodriguez would use on Wednesday night to fire 21 shots during an ambush outside the Capitol Jewish Museum was not a secret weapon. He checked his legally purchased weapon in his carry-on bag as the rules allow. Federal law enforcement officials said the Chicago man bought his 9mm pistol in Illinois five years ago.