Park police say a late-night stroll on the Bay Trail at Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline turned into an arrest on Wednesday when officers on foot patrol found a concealed, fully loaded handgun tucked into a visitor’s sweatshirt.
According to park police, officers walking the trail at the Oakland shoreline contacted an individual and discovered a fully loaded Glock 27 sitting in the person’s front sweatshirt pocket. The individual was admitted to carrying a loaded, concealed firearm without a permit, and officers also found several knives. The person was arrested, booked at Santa Rita Jail, and cited for being in the park after curfew.
In a post from the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department, officials said officers recovered a fully loaded Glock 27 with a round in the chamber from the front pocket and located additional knives. The department shared photos of the seized gun and confirmed the suspect was taken to Santa Rita Jail. The post did not identify the person by name…