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sl8

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Fri May 25, 2018, 09:00 AM May 2018

'It's just crazy': Handgun ends up embedded in car's bumper on I-5

From https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/its-just-crazy-handgun-ends-up-embedded-in-cars-bumper-on-i-5/

‘It’s just crazy’: Handgun ends up embedded in car’s bumper on I-5


(Photo from Washington State Patrol)

Originally published May 24, 2018 at 12:26 pm | Updated May 24, 2018 at 3:13 pm

Police are investigating whether the gun was used in a shooting earlier in the day at Harry Todd Park in Lakewood's Tillicum neighborhood. No one was injured in the shooting.

By Sara Jean Green
Seattle Times staff reporter

A man who stopped for gas on his drive home from work Wednesday evening discovered a black handgun lodged in the front bumper of his car and called the Washington State Patrol.

“It’s just crazy. It’s a complete fluke it could happen,” Trooper Guy Gill said of the incident.

The Patrol turned the gun over to Lakewood Police and detectives are investigating whether the gun — which was missing its magazine — was involved in a shooting at a park about an hour earlier, said Lt. Chris Lawler. No one was injured.

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'It's just crazy': Handgun ends up embedded in car's bumper on I-5 (Original Post) sl8 May 2018 OP
So here's one thing: America doesn't have a gun problem, Right? rgbecker May 2018 #1

rgbecker

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1. So here's one thing: America doesn't have a gun problem, Right?
Fri May 25, 2018, 09:46 AM
May 2018

They are all locked up safe and sound in gun cabinets and nobody that doesn't pass a background check has one.

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