St. Louis sheriff returns second firearm to McCloskeys

A second weapon that Mark and Patricia McCloskey pointed at protesters in their Central West End neighborhood in 2020 is back in the hands of the couple.

“Reunited at last, and the Sheriff himself came down to congratulate me on the return!” McCloskey posted on X on Sept. 4 – the same day Sheriff Alfred Montgomery agreed to return the pistol.

McCloskey and his wife, Patricia, had been forced to surrender the pistol and a second firearm after pleading guilty to misdemeanors in 2021 for pointing the guns at protesters…

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