A routine traffic stop for tinted windows turned into much more after Chicago police allegedly found a small arsenal hidden inside a pink chest in the back of a man’s car.
Cops pulled over 31-year-old Deondre Walker around noon on April 14 in the 5600 block of West Division Street after officers noticed his 2017 Chevy Malibu had heavy window tints. As officers approached the vehicle, they allegedly spotted an open bag of cannabis sitting in the driver’s door panel, which led them to conduct a narcotics search of the vehicle, a CPD report said.
They didn’t find any narcotics. What they allegedly found instead was far more alarming.
Inside a pink chest in the cargo area, police say they discovered four loaded firearms: a sawed-off Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun, a Taurus .44 Magnum revolver, a Glock 21 pistol fitted with a 31-round extended magazine and a full-auto switch that police say made it capable of firing like a machine gun, and an Anderson AM-15 AR-15 rifle loaded with a 30-round magazine and equipped with a brass catcher designed to collect expended shell casings. Investigators say the rifle’s serial number had been defaced.
The chest also contained two 50-round Glock drum magazines, three 31-round Glock magazines, two standard-capacity Glock magazines, and several bags of loose rounds, according to a CPD report, which said Walker’s Firearm Owner’s ID card was revoked.
He is charged with possession of a machine gun, four counts of being a felon in possession of a weapon with a previous gun conviction, possession of a short-barreled shotgun, and four counts of possessing a revoked firearm owner’s ID card.
Court records show Walker pleaded guilty to aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in 2018 and has a separate pending case in which he is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Deidre Dyer granted the state’s petition to detain Walker ahead of trial.
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