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The Brief
- Cook County sheriff’s police arrested a 19-year-old man and a teenager after recovering two firearms with drum magazines from a Southwest Side gas station.
- Investigators said security footage showed Xavier Williams hiding a firearm equipped with a switch behind a gaming machine, while the juvenile allegedly discarded another gun in a garbage can.
- Williams was charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a machine gun and ordered held in Cook County Jail, while the juvenile faces a weapons charge.
CHICAGO – A 19-year-old man and another teenager are facing gun charges after police recovered two guns with drum magazines inside a Southwest Side gas station convenience store.
Chicago gun charges
The backstory:
The arrests happened around 2:50 a.m. on May 29 after members of the Cook County Sheriff’s police received information from Norfolk Southern Railroad about two males seen holding guns before getting into a silver Nissan.…