Crime & Safety

Boy Brings Gun Into Skokie Library Inside Violin Case, Police Say

Police were called Saturday after authorities say the boy started showing people the rifle hidden inside his violin case.

SKOKIE, IL (CBS) — Police say a boy brought gun into a public library in Skokie — hidden in a violin case.

As CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reported, the whole conceit sounds like something out of an old gangster movie — but this was not a piece of fiction.

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