Crime & Safety
Man At Short Hills Mall Had Loaded Glock Gun In His Waist, Police Say
Millburn police found a stolen car in the parking lot of the Short Hills Mall, then located the driver inside a store with a gun, they said.
MILLBURN, NJ — The Millburn police said this week that they found a man at the Burberry store at the Short Hills Mall who had a loaded Glock gun in his waist.
Police said that on Sept. 24, at 4:15 p.m., Officers Carroll and Herrera found a stolen Dodge Challenger in a parking lot at The Mall at Short Hills.
The officers searched for the driver inside the mall and found him inside Burberry, they said.
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They arrested Shaquan Snipes, 24, of Elizabeth.
Police said that when they searched Snipes, they found a loaded Glock 43 "tucked into his waist."
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A Glock 43 is a 9 mm subcompact semi-automatic pistol.
Snipes was charged with receiving stolen property, unlawful possession of a weapon, and hindering.
He was taken to the Essex County Correctional Facility.
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