'No Explanation' for 2 Spotted with AK-47 on Parking Deck

PLYMOUTH, MI – The men arrested at gunpoint Saturday by Plymouth police — acting on a tip about two men armed with a semiautomatic rifle who were spotted on the top of a downtown parking deck — will face misdemeanor charges, authorities said.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy’s office authorized misdemeanor drug, alcohol and firearms charges against the two men, a 22-year-old from Wixom and 21-year-old from Gaines.

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Police held their weapons on the men’s vehicle as it exited the parking deck near Harvey Street about 7 p.m. Saturday

Plymouth Police Lt. Jamie Grabowski told The Plymouth Observer police weren’t sure “what we were dealing with at that point.”

The gun, an AK-47, was found in the front passenger seat of their vehicle. It was unloaded, but police found a 30-round clip loaded with 20 rounds in the vehicle, along with an empty .762-mm ammunition box. An empty vodka bottle was also seized as evidence.

Both men are scheduled for arraignment in 35th District Court on Monday, May 9.

The Wixom man, who was driving the vehicle when it was stopped, will be arraigned on a drunken driving charge. Both suspects face improper possession of a firearm charges for allegedly failing to secure the weapon, and the passenger also faces charges of possessing a firearm while under the influence of alcohol and possession of marijuana.

Police don’t know why the men had the gun on the top level of the parking deck.

“There was really no explanation given,” Grabowski said.