The Brief
- A Lennox resident found a rifle belonging to the LA County Sheriff’s Department.
- The department said the rifle went missing Sunday night, after possibly falling from the trunk of a patrol vehicle.
LOS ANGELES – A rifle that may have fallen from the trunk of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol vehicle was returned to the agency Monday by a Lennox resident who found the weapon.
What we know:
According to the Sheriff’s department, a resident found a storage case near 104th Street and Condon Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, assuming a musical instrument was inside. The man later opened the case and realized it contained a rifle and ammunition, prompting him to turn the weapon over to deputies at the South Los Angeles Station on Monday.…