.357 Magnum Found Loaded and Uncased After Head-On Collision

Police recovered a loaded and uncased .357 Magnum behind the driver’s seat of a vehicle involved in a head-on collision in Oak Lawn.

Prosecutors said that Darryl Tucker, 55, and Alvaro Almaraz, 19, crashed head on with another vehicle at 110th Street and Cicero Avenue on June 28. The other driver did not appear to be injured, but there was a property damage.

Police said that Tucker, who was driving, appeared to have bloodshot eyes and admitted to drinking “two cans of beer” before the accident.

While looking around the inside of Tucker’s vehicle, prosecutors said that police found the .357 Magnum behind the driver’s seat.

Prosecutors said that police attributed the gun to Almaraz, who admitted to knowing that the gun was in the vehicle and handling it.

Tucker was charged with aggravated DUI. Bail was set at $40,000.

Almaraz was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. He was released on a $25,000 I-bond. The judge also placed him on electronic monitoring with a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, and submit to urine drops.

“You’re going to stay home,” Cook County Judge Peter Felice said.