- Guns are sometimes recovered during traffic stops but officers got a surprise this week when the “gunman” was a 3-year-old girl in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
When confronted by police the girl dropped the weapon safely and wasn't harmed, but an adult in the car was arrested.
Queshawn King, 19, of the 3300 block of West Monroe Street, was charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon for having a loaded weapon inside the vehicle, misdemeanor endangering the life and health of a child, and misdemeanor possession of a firearm without a valid FOID card, police said.
"Here kid, hold this."
Also amazing, to the gun hating media that is:
Also amazing, to the gun hating media that is:
- A police sergeant who was approaching the vehicle’s front passenger side then saw the toddler holding a handgun while sitting in King’s seat, the report said.
When the sergeant tried to recover it from the child she threw the loaded 9 mm weapon to the floor of the vehicle, according to the report.
The gun had eight live rounds in it, but it did not discharge at any time. No one was hurt.
We guess the press was expecting the gun to discharge and kill everyone in sight once the toddler dropped it.