Chicago cops wrest gun away from man at police stationhouse

By Robert Gearty

Published January 05, 2020

Chicago police wrested a gun away from a man who walked into a stationhouse “voicing his disdain for law enforcement,” according to a report.

The incident took place Saturday morning at the Lawndale police station, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

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Lawndale police station in Chicago. (Google Earth)

Police said the man, who is 27, approached the front desk and as he expressed his displeasure with law enforcement pulled out a gun and pointed it at officers, the paper reported.

During a struggle for the gun an officer was bitten, according to the paper. He went to the hospital for treatment.

Police determined the man’s weapon was a BB gun. He was found in possession of another weapon which also turned out to be a BB gun, the Sun-Times reported.

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He was arrested but the specific charges were pending.

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