The alleged shooter, Kelsey Jones, 35, also known as “Little Mo” was arrested April 5. His home was only two blocks away from the victim’s at 653 N. Austin Blvd. in Chicago, according to the complaint. Jones was charged with attempting to kill the victim with intent to retaliate for providing information about the commission of a Federal offense.
The complaint describes a months-long cocaine and weapons sting taking place just outside the eastern border of Oak Park in the Austin neighborhood.
The goal of the sting was to apprehend Toby Jones, a bald, bearded member of the Vice Lords street gang in his 30s also known as “Big Red.” The informant told the feds Jones employed a group of underlings to sell crack cocaine and illegally possessed firearms on the West Side of Chicago. Toby Jones was convicted of conspiracy to distribute narcotics in 2002 and served several years in prison. He was on supervised federal release until March 2014.
The informant also identified one of Toby Jones’s employees, Lesley Fields, known as “Little Red.”