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Google Street View Captures Man Casually Holding Gun in Chicago

By Evan F. Moore | February 18, 2016 12:45pm
 This image from Google Streetview shows the man on the left apparently holding a gun.
This image from Google Streetview shows the man on the left apparently holding a gun.
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GARFIELD PARK— When you see the Google Street View car cruising by (it's hard to miss), you might want to put your gun away. 

Street View has captured some pretty bizarre things over the years, and this week a Chicago cliché has been added to that list. 

A photo posted to Imgur and then Reddit Wednesday shows a man in front of a two-flat apartment in the 100 block of South Kildare Avenue casually holding a gun. Reddit commenters say the picture was taken last November. 

Google Street View images have led to arrests in the past. In the Netherlands, twin brothers were arrested after a Google camera showed them following a robbery victim before committing the act. An Australian woman was also arrested for flashing the camera-mounted vehicle.  

 

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