Knimrod
04-07-2006, 10:57 PM
Another 13-year-old found with loaded gun
April 07, 2006
The Saginaw News
In an all-too-familiar incident, Saginaw police took a loaded handgun from a 13-year-old boy strolling through an East Side neighborhood Thursday night.
The incident, near Wisner and Montgomery about 8:15 p.m., began in a way eerily similar to Tuesday's police shooting of a 13-year-old brandishing a handgun on a West Side street.
"In fact, it was a male and female officer who approached them," said Detective Sgt. Mark Lively. "It was kind of deja vu."
Tuesday, Officer Oscar Lopez shot a teen non-fatally in the abdomen just after 4 p.m. near North Webster and Hayes. Police officials have said the teen had a gun to Officer Diane Ifill's head and threatened to shoot her. Ifill had originally approached the teen and attempted to disarm him, police officials have said. The teen remained hospitalized at Covenant Medical Center this morning.
The proliferation of illegal guns, particularly those that end up in the hands of youngsters, continues to alarm Saginaw police, who investigated two weapons incidents Thursday.
Almost exactly as they had Tuesday, dispatchers Thursday night told police that a resident was reporting two strolling teens passing a gun back and forth -- only this time in an East Side district.
Once arriving, officers patted down two boys and seized a gun from the older youth. The loaded .45-caliber Colt pistol was stuck in the teen's waistband, Lively said.
Officers said the teens claimed they armed themselves for protection because of the recent spike in gun violence and the dwindling ranks of police.
Earlier, a shootout caused a ruckus but no injuries about 6:45 p.m. when an argument escalated and two men traded gunfire near South 10th and Cherry, police said. The commotion ended when the shooters sped away in vehicles.
Police recovered one of the getaway cars, a black Dodge Avenger sporting several fresh bullet holes. They also recovered a slug from the inside of a nearby home, Lively said.
Investigators were looking for a gray car similar to a Ford Taurus but had no information about the shooters.
Link to story (http://www.mlive.com/news/sanews/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1144416119229440.xml&coll=9)
April 07, 2006
The Saginaw News
In an all-too-familiar incident, Saginaw police took a loaded handgun from a 13-year-old boy strolling through an East Side neighborhood Thursday night.
The incident, near Wisner and Montgomery about 8:15 p.m., began in a way eerily similar to Tuesday's police shooting of a 13-year-old brandishing a handgun on a West Side street.
"In fact, it was a male and female officer who approached them," said Detective Sgt. Mark Lively. "It was kind of deja vu."
Tuesday, Officer Oscar Lopez shot a teen non-fatally in the abdomen just after 4 p.m. near North Webster and Hayes. Police officials have said the teen had a gun to Officer Diane Ifill's head and threatened to shoot her. Ifill had originally approached the teen and attempted to disarm him, police officials have said. The teen remained hospitalized at Covenant Medical Center this morning.
The proliferation of illegal guns, particularly those that end up in the hands of youngsters, continues to alarm Saginaw police, who investigated two weapons incidents Thursday.
Almost exactly as they had Tuesday, dispatchers Thursday night told police that a resident was reporting two strolling teens passing a gun back and forth -- only this time in an East Side district.
Once arriving, officers patted down two boys and seized a gun from the older youth. The loaded .45-caliber Colt pistol was stuck in the teen's waistband, Lively said.
Officers said the teens claimed they armed themselves for protection because of the recent spike in gun violence and the dwindling ranks of police.
Earlier, a shootout caused a ruckus but no injuries about 6:45 p.m. when an argument escalated and two men traded gunfire near South 10th and Cherry, police said. The commotion ended when the shooters sped away in vehicles.
Police recovered one of the getaway cars, a black Dodge Avenger sporting several fresh bullet holes. They also recovered a slug from the inside of a nearby home, Lively said.
Investigators were looking for a gray car similar to a Ford Taurus but had no information about the shooters.
Link to story (http://www.mlive.com/news/sanews/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1144416119229440.xml&coll=9)