Rapper sentenced to prison for bringing machine gun into metro Atlanta hospital

The Brief

  • A metro Atlanta rapper will spend over five years in prison after he brought a handgun into the labor and delivery room of a local hospital.
  • Terrell Monquez Searcy, aka Quez2rr, confessed to security that he had hidden the illegally-modified Glock Model 17 9mm handgun under a couch cushion at the hospital.
  • Authorities say other weapons found at his home were connected to multiple shootings.

MCDONOUGH, Ga. A Henry County man will spend more than five years in prison after he was found with a stolen, illegally-modified firearm inside a hospital’s labor and delivery unit, federal prosecutors said.

Terrell Monquez Searcy, 21, of McDonough, Georgia, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a machinegun earlier this year.

Gun discovered in hospital room

What we know:

On Aug. 17, 2023, Monroe Police Department officers responded to Piedmont Walton Hospital after a nurse reported spotting Searcy with a handgun in a labor and delivery room, where weapons are prohibited. When security arrived, Searcy admitted to having the firearm and said that he had hidden it under a couch cushion.

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