$10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a fugitive: Chicago
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FBI Chicago is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a fugitive known as “Bird.”
You can call him “Bird,” or “Little Bird,” but his real name is Gary Luellen. He’s wanted by FBI Chicago for his part in a violent carjacking spree that happened in early 2023.
“I think I have almost 14 years of experience working violent crimes and this case really stood out to me. One, the brazenness — middle of the day, public areas, shopping centers, gas stations, the use of real firearms, the use of firearms with extended magazines, with switches to make them automatic weapons,” said Special Agent Dustin Gourley, who is the acting supervisor for FBI Chicago’s Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force.
“These individuals would pull up and point firearms directly at their victims, make verbal threats — verbal threats to harm them — and point the firearm literally directly at these victims. So incredibly scary, incredibly violent,” Gourley said.
Gourley says Luellen is one of four men charged with committing a string of four carjackings. Three of them took place on Chicago’s South Side, one in Dolton.
While his co-defendants have been arrested, Luellen is on the run.
“He’s charged with multiple counts of carjacking, multiple counts of violating the Hobbs Act, which is essentially the federal armed robbery statute, as well as brandishing a firearm during a felony offense,” Gourley said.
Agents say Luellen is originally from the Calumet Park area and has family in Chicago and the south suburbs. Despite being on the run for the last two years and with only a few tips to go on, they still believe he is in the Chicago area.
