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Teen With Gun Near Park To Be Charged
The 15-year-old was spotted on Route 31 with a rifle Christmas morning. Here's what happened.
A male teenager was taken into custody late Christmas morning after he was seen with a rifle near Wheeler Park, according to police and reader reports. The initial address on the police call was in the 400 block of North First Street (Route 31) near Stevens Street in Geneva. The incident took place at about 11:35 a.m. after police received two calls regarding a male of undetermined age crouching behind a dark-colored sports utility vehicle. While in custody, Geneva police determined that the teen was carrying an airsoft rifle, the Kane County Chronicle reports. Airsoft guns shoot plastic BBs and other projectiles, but many of them can appear similar to real firearms. The teen, who is in town visiting family, was referred to a juvenile …
Fozzie Dabear
4:29 am on Monday, December 31, 2012
There are kids killed every year for carrying 'toy' guns that look so much like real ones that cops think they are about to get shot. Although this boy might not have realized that, he is lucky to be alive. And we are lucky to have careful police. Ok so after the police of two cities were called out and had to walk into some situation that they saw as being very dangerous - at least until the … more ›