2 charged after cops recover 4 firearms, including a rifle and a machine gun, on the Magnificent Mile

Chicago cops investigating a wished car on the Magnificent Mile arrested two males and recovered 4 loaded firearms, together with a machine gun and a rifle, based on CPD experiences.

Choose Mary Marubio ordered Davion Thomas, 21, and Erick Griffith, 24, detained as public security dangers on Tuesday afternoon.

Round 3 p.m. on Monday, officers went to the world of Walton and Michigan to search for a white GMC Acadia that had fled from police and was allegedly occupied by somebody with a rifle, the experiences mentioned. They discovered the automobile within the 100 block of East Walton, not removed from the Drake Resort.

As officers appeared over the automobile, they noticed Thomas stroll out of a close-by retailer. When he noticed the cops, he clutched his waist and began working because the police walked towards him, based on his arrest report.

The police caught up with him within the 100 block of East Delaware. Whereas they took him into custody, a loaded handgun outfitted with an unlawful machine gun swap and outfitted with a drum-style journal fell from his waistband, his arrest report mentioned.

Thomas allegedly advised the police that he carried the gun for cover, and he knew it had a swap that allowed it to generate automated gunfire.

He’s charged with illegal use of a machine gun and possession of a defaced firearm.

In the meantime, officers responding to the suspicious car name allegedly noticed Griffith ditch a stolen pistol in a planter on the 900 block of North Michigan. His arrest report mentioned he had the GMC’s key fob in his pocket.

Contained in the car, police allegedly discovered one other loaded handgun with an prolonged ammunition journal and a short-barreled “ghost” rifle.

Prosecutors charged Griffith with two counts of illegal use of a weapon by a felon and possession of a stolen firearm.

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