Illegal guns, chemicals used in explosives, found stockpiled in Salem apartment

SALEM, MASS. (WHDH) – Investigators made a dangerous discovery in Salem: following a tip, officials found illegal guns and chemicals that could be used to create explosives in a home there.

Patrick Gordon, 42, was taken into custody after dozens of firearm parts commonly used in assault rifles were seized during Monday’s search of his apartment on Harbor Street.

Massachusetts State Police said they were alerted last week that Gordon had ordered and shipped gun parts to his mother’s home in New Hampshire…

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