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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Andy Grimm

Indiana man pleads guilty to buying gun used to kill Chicago Police Officer Ella French

A fellow officer leaves flowers at a memorial where Chicago Police Officer Ella French was killed during a traffic stop in 2021. Indiana resident Jemel Danzy on Wednesday pleaded guilty to federal charges for illegally selling the gun that was used to kill French and critically wound her partner, Carlos Yanez. (Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

An Indiana man Wednesday pleaded guilty to buying a gun for one of the two men charged with the murder of Chicago Police Officer Ella French, becoming the first person convicted in connection with the 2021 shooting.

Jemel Danzy, 30, of Hammond, entered a plea agreement with prosecutors at a hearing Wednesday in federal court. The conviction will be the first black mark on Danzy’s once-clean criminal record that allowed him to buy a gun for Eric Morgan, who is charged with his brother, Emonte, for murdering French and critically wounding her partner, Carlos Yanez.

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