CHICAGO - A man indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally possessing ammunition that was recovered in connection with a fatal shooting in Chicago has been ordered detained pending trial.

FABIAS SHIPMAN possessed the ammunition on the afternoon of Sept. 29, 2025, in an alley in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, according to an indictment returned Monday in U.S. District Court in Chicago and a criminal complaint previously filed in the case. The ammunition had been discharged in a shooting in the alley that day where one victim was killed and another victim was wounded, the complaint states. As a previously convicted felon, Shipman was not legally allowed to possess a firearm or ammunition.

The federal indictment charges Shipman, 37, of Cook County, Ill., with one count of illegal possession of ammunition. The charge is punishable by up to 15 years in federal prison. Arraignment in federal court in Chicago has not yet been scheduled.

Shipman was arrested on Oct. 16, 2025, and has been ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Beth W. Jantz to remain detained in federal custody pending trial.

The indictment and detention order were announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Christopher Amon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Valuable assistance has been provided by the Chicago Police Department. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney William Dunne.

The investigation is being conducted in coordination with ATF's Crime Gun Intelligence Center of Chicago. The CGIC is a centralized law enforcement partnership that focuses exclusively on investigating and prosecuting violent offenders who utilize firearms in commission of their crimes in Chicago and throughout northern Illinois. Every single gun case in Chicago is processed through ATF's CGIC on a daily basis. As recently reported, federal firearm indictments under the U.S. Attorney's Office's Project Safe Neighborhoods ("PSN") program are up 292% in the Northern District of Illinois compared to last year (through Oct. 31, 2025).

The public is reminded that an indictment 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.