2026-08-04 17:33:23
Nakia Smith says he walked into a Far South Side Chicago police station to get a gun off the street.
Instead, he walked out in handcuffs.
Three years later, the 51-year-old anti-violence volunteer is set to go on trial Monday on gun charges that could send him to prison for decades.
Smith, a convicted felon, was arrested March 4, 2023, after officers found a loaded .45-caliber handgun in his coat pocket inside the Calumet District police station, 727 E. 111th St.
He sa…












