McCloskey's Gun Was Inoperable, But Crime Lab Was Ordered to Reassemble So It Was Ready for 'Lethal Use'
Even if Patricia McCloskey wanted to shoot one of the many Black Lives Matter protesters who broke into her gated community, she couldn’t have. Her small silver handgun would not have fired.
Now, the story gets wild.
From KSDK:
ST. LOUIS — The gun Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters was inoperable when it arrived at the St. Louis police crime lab, but a member of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s staff ordered crime lab experts to disassemble and reassemble it and wrote that it was “readily capable of lethal use” in charging documents filed Monday, 5 On Your Side has learned.
In Missouri, police and prosecutors must prove that a weapon is “readily” capable of lethal use when it is used in the type of crime with which the McCloskeys have been charged.
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Assistant Circuit Attorney Chris Hinckley ordered crime lab staff members to field strip the handgun and found it had been assembled incorrectly. Specifically, the firing pin spring was put in front of the firing pin, which was backward, and made the gun incapable of firing, according to documents obtained by 5 On Your Side.
Advertisement - story continues belowFirearms experts then put the gun back together in the correct order and test-fired it, finding that it worked, according to the documents.
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Breaking News: Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who were seen in social media photos and video pointing guns at protesters in the Central West End last month, have been charged by @stlcao. @KMOV
— Lauren Trager (@LaurenTrager) July 20, 2020
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prosecutor charges St. Louis couple with felony unlawful use of a weapon for pulling guns at protest near their mansion.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 20, 2020
McCloskey sat down with Tucker Carlson on Monday night…
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A couple has come out of their house and is pointing guns at protesters in their neighborhood #StLouis #lydakrewson pic.twitter.com/ZJ8a553PAU
— Daniel Shular (@xshularx) June 29, 2020
ANOTHER:
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