Man Charged with Illegal Firearm Possession Outside Chicago Federal Building
Edmund J. Horvath, 36, was arrested with a loaded handgun after shots were fired at the Kluczynski Federal Building.
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A man has been charged with illegally possessing a loaded firearm outside the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago, according to the U. S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois.
The incident took place shortly after 4:00 a. m. on Tuesday, when EDMUND J.
HORVATH, 36, of Lynwood, Illinois, was found with a loaded handgun on a vehicle ramp leading toward the building's interior garage entrance.
The Kluczynski Federal Building is located at 230 S. Dearborn St. in Chicago's downtown Loop neighborhood.
According to a criminal complaint filed in U. S. District Court in Chicago, a federal security officer approached Horvath through the window of the garage door and requested that he leave the area.
The complaint states that the security officer then heard gunshots and saw flashes.
Chicago Police officers were dispatched to the scene and arrested Horvath on the ramp. The discharged rounds of ammunition caused damage to both the interior and exterior of the Kluczynski Building, as well as to surrounding infrastructure.
Horvath has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm by an individual previously convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence. He was scheduled to make an initial appearance in federal court in Chicago at 3:30 p. m.
on the day the complaint was filed, before U. S. Magistrate Judge Jeannice W.
Appenteng.
The charges were announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, along with Christopher Amon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the U. S.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Samuel J. Bell, Regional Director of Region 5 of the Federal Protective Service; and Fred Waller, Interim Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. The government is represented by Assistant U.
S. Attorney Regina Jeon.
The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Charges and allegations are not proof of guilt. Anyone charged is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
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