A man was ordered held without bail Friday on gun charges related to a deadly Austin gang-related shootout in October — a shootout that sparked a public back-and-forth between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.
Thomas Dean, 20, was tied to two handguns used in the shooting via DNA evidence and charged with two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, prosecutors said. Both guns — a Glock 22 and a Glock 23 — had been altered illegally into fully-automatic weapons.
