Lorain man celebrates holiday with gun, not fireworks

[jpak]

http://morningjournal.com/articles/2011/07/06/news/mj4767159.txt

LORAIN — Instead of celebrating the 4th of July with fireworks, a 25-year-old Lorain man told police he was celebrating with a firearm, according to a Lorain police report.

Police went to the 4500 block of Tacoma Avenue near Helen Steiner Rice school where witnesses were yelling and screaming at Mario Ayala, who was in an argument with several other people who were on Willow Avenue.

Officers ordered Ayala to show his hands. Ayala threw an empty handgun magazine to the ground and was handcuffed and placed into a cruiser. On one side of Willow Avenue were a group of Ayala’s friends who were arguing with a group of neighbors who said they saw Ayala fire the gun, according to the report.

As police were arresting Ayala, someone picked up the magazine and hid it, the report stated.

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[ileus]

1. Sounds reasonable to me...fireworks are against the law in some places.