It was one of 25 weapons that Smalley purchased at area gun stores over a two-year period and either delivered in person or sent through the mail to friends and relatives on Chicago's violence-torn South Side, where Smalley was born and spent his early childhood. Many of the guns quickly turned up at crime scenes — including in the hands of known gang members, in stolen vehicles and in five shootings in addition to Stuckey's killing, court records show.