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Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun trafficking ring that prosecutors allege supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago and led to at least two killings, the Justice Department said Friday.
In announcing the charges, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said many of the more than 90 guns allegedly trafficked in the scheme have been linked to Chicago-area shootings.
Prosecutors allege the scheme supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago, some of which were used in deadly shootings.
The three Fort Campbell-based U.S. soldiers were indicted last year.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a 21-count superseding indictment against three US Army soldiers charged last year with gun trafficking, expanding it to include nine more people alleged to