Crime & Safety

Report: Fairfield Police Arrest Teen for Possession of Loaded Gun in Commuter Parking Lot

Police said the teen, who was arrested early Monday morning, didn't have a gun permit.

Fairfield police arrested a Bridgeport teen on gun charges after he was found to be in possession of a loaded handgun while sitting in a car in a commuter parking lot early Monday morning, according to the Fairfield Citizen.

The Citizen reports Markis Jean-Rene, 18, didn’t have a permit for the gun, which was loaded with five live rounds and had the hammer cocked.

The gun was discovered during a pat down of Jean-Rene’s front pocket by an officer who was patrolling the commuter parking lot on Johnson Drive around 1:45 a.m. on Monday, according to the Citizen.

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