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Iowa man, 32, arrested in Chicago after 'semi-automatic rifle and .45 handgun found lying in W Hotel window by housekeeper who alerted police'
 [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Chicago police found Keegan Casteel, 32, at 5:45 p.m. on July 4 with the two weapons in a W Hotel room
- The weapons were found in the window sill of Room 1208 on the 12th floor of the hotel overlooking Ohio Street Beach in the 600 block of North Lake Shore Drive
- Casteel was arrested after cops received a tip from a housekeeping employee
- Cops found a .308 caliber semi-automatic rifle that was not engraved with a serial number - and had a round in the chamber
- Cops also found a high-power scope with laser-sight attachments, a number of bullet magazines and a .45 caliber handgun
| Related: Heavy.com makes him sound like a reasonably responsible citizen — car repair shop owner and master technician, Iowa gun license, married with two children, a series of minor misbehaviours of the adolescent male type that ended when the kids came along — who didn’t bother or couldn’t get the matching Illinois and Chicago licenses for a trip to Chicago with the wife and kiddies, and made the mistake of leaving his weapons out where the hotel maid could see them. But he did break Chicago law by bringing in the weapons, and the prosecutor will be able to justify worrying that he intended to massacre the crowd below like that sociopath gambler in Las Vegas a few years ago. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-07-08 |
