CHICAGO — On a Sunday morning in March, Devon Dow allegedly texted a potential customer a photo of some firearms he was selling, along with one word: “YO.”
The guns hadn’t been purchased from a retailer or sold at a gun show, according to federal prosecutors. They were so-called ghost guns, Glock-style, 9 mm semi-automatic firearms that Dow had assembled himself from weapons-grade polymer parts purchased on the internet.
Hours later, law enforcement was watching as Dow allegedly met the buyer, who was actually an undercover agent, outside the apartment Dow shared with his grandmother in the 1300 block of East 75th Street, according to prosecutors. He‘d hid the guns in a shoe box and carried them out in a shopping bag, which he placed in the trunk of the buyer’s car before disappearing back into the building.
