The next day, March 27, two gunmen arrived at the Oak Park apartment building, home of the informant, at 464 N. Austin Blvd. and chased a 20-year-old man through the hallway until he ran into his grandmother’s apartment. According to a village statement, they pounded on the door and then shot the man through the door, wounding him in the leg.
“I have absolutely no evidence right now that the two shootings are related,” said Oak Park Police Chief Rick Tanksley Wednesday. No arrests have been made in the March 27 shooting.
When asked if the two shootings were related, Special Agent Thomas Ahern of the ATF said Department of Justice rules prevented him from commenting on any investigation other than the information found in the complaint.
On April 2, according to the complaint, the informant returned to his apartment in the 464 building against the advice of special agents who wanted him to wait until Toby Jones was arrested.
The victim drove into the parking lot around 8:55 p.m. with his brother from Ottawa in the passenger seat. He allegedly saw the defendant Kelsey Jones, or “Little Mo” exit a maroon minivan and approach the car. Jones removed what appeared to be a 9 mm handgun and started shooting at point blank range through the car window at the informant, wounding the victim in the shoulder and grazing the brother’s head. The two men were treated and released at West Suburban Hospital.