West Pullman gun, drug seizure leads to charges against 5 men

Investigators found an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a Glock handgun converted to enable automatic fire and more than 400 grams of heroin.

By Luke Wilusz

Five men are facing felony charges after police found guns, ammunition, drugs and cash while executing a search warrant Sept. 15, 2019, in the 12400 block of South Harvard Avenue.

Five men were charged after police seized two guns, ammunition and drugs during a raid Sunday in West Pullman on the Far South Side.

The Area South Gang Enforcement Team executed the search warrant about 4:15 p.m. in the 12400 block of South Harvard Avenue, according to Chicago police. Investigators recovered an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a Glock handgun that was converted to enable automatic fire and more than 400 grams of heroin.

Officers also found an extended magazine for the handgun, a drum magazine for the rifle, additional ammunition and more than $80,000 in cash, police said.

Chicago police recovered an AR-15 rifle, a Glock handgun, extra ammunition, drugs and cash during a search Sept. 15, 2019, in the 12400 block of South Harvard Avenue.

Andrew Blackburn, 36, of West Pullman, is charged with two felony counts of unlawful use of a weapon for possessing the rifle and two felony counts of manufacture or delivery of heroin near a school, police said. Metcalf Community Academy Elementary School, 12339 S. Normal Ave., is a few blocks away. A judge on Monday ordered him held without bail, according to county records.

Raymond Jackson, 36, of Chatham, is charged with two felony counts of unlawful use of a weapon for being a felon in possession of the converted Glock, police said. He was also held without bail.

Patrick Parker, 34, is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon for having the drum magazine for the rifle, police said. Parker, who lives in south suburban Markham, was held without bail.

Desean Anderson, 42, is charged with felony drug possession, according to police. He lives in Marquette Park. Court information was not immediately available for Anderson.

A fifth man, 50-year-old Lashell Shells, was arrested during the raid on a bond forfeiture warrant related to a felony burglary charge from April, according to police and Cook County court records. Shells, who lives in Chatham, was held without bail.