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NEWS • Crime Written by Yunisa DELGADO-FLORES • May 24th, 2022 - 11:54PM Three detained, gun found, one arrested. Pillbox Parking Lot A concerned citizen called the sheriff's on three individuals in Pillbox Monday night. One man was arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm. The deputies responding on scene, one of the suspects being on their phone.- Yunisa Delgado-Flores, May 23rd 2022 On May the 23rd, at around 9:30PM, a call was reported to law enforcement in regards to three men planning to mug people. McNiro, a concerned citizen, spotted the three and allegedly overheard a conversation regarding the three men planning to rob people. "I done saw them talk about it." McNiro testified to the press. "I was right here. I done listened in, then called the [police]." Edwin Park, Press Information Officer present on the scene, stated that "We received several calls around half past nine about an armed individual in the DMV parking lot." The Los Santos Sheriff's Department arrived quickly on scene and detained three individuals, two of which having to be shot with a bean-bag shotgun. Park reported that "The detainees were not complying with our orders— deputies proceeded with less-than-lethal force to attenuate the situation and safely detain them." Moments before (top) and after (bottom) of the use of less-than-lethal force. - Yunisa Delgado-Flores, May 23rd 2022 After detaining the individuals, both them and their vehicles were searched. Within the vehicle of one of the detainees, the police have reported to have found a semi-automatic handgun. "Upon identifying and searching the individuals, deputies found a semi-automatic pistol on one of them.' Park reported. "The weapon was retrieved and confiscated. The said individual is going to be arrested for carrying an unlicensed firearm." Comments are enabled: Username: Comment: Edited Friday at 08:39 AM by Los Santos Daily News
