Look what Jason found in the back of his squad car at the beginning of his shift! The HPD investigation into how it got there is ongoing.
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2 comments:
That's actually a nice gun somebody lost.
Actually, no it wasn't. The magazine was rusted and so was the barrel. It was under the driver's seat, it had been inserted from the back.
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