No Bail? Can He Afford That?

Shots fired at/by the police:

• Bail was denied Saturday for a reputed gang member accused of firing multiple shots at Chicago police after locking himself inside the basement of a South Side residence the day before, according to Cook County prosecutors.
  
  Chicago police body cameras captured William Jones firing multiple shots at officers inside the basement of a home in the 7600 block of South Lowe on Friday afternoon after police tried to question him and another man, prosecutors told Judge Mary C. Marubio at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.
  
  Jones and the second man fled into the home’s basement and locked the door behind them, leading officers to search the rest of the home before coming back to the basement, prosecutors alleged.
  
  After getting permission from the homeowner to search the rest of the home, police searched the home’s upper floors before proceeding down a “blackened” rear stairwell toward the basement, Assistant State’s Attorney Bob Groebner said.
  
  One of several officers announced their office before opening the basement door and entered but were met with gunfire as Jones fired two shots from a .40-caliber handgun, Groebner said. Jones then fired multiple shots at the approaching officers, who retreated and returned fire, though no one was struck. Chicago police’s SWAT unit staged a barricade incident at the scene. Jones allegedly threatened to shoot police officers, but later surrendered. Only Jones was in the basement and the whereabouts of the second man wasn’t clear.
  
  Police recovered two .40-caliber handguns and 17 spent shell casings, according to Groebner.

There must be a misprint of some sort - the article says that a convicted felon somehow got guns, and we all know that more gun laws would never allow that to happen. Hopefully, that gets straightened out. Good job by all involved in safely taking this many-time loser into custody.