CHICAGO — A Chicago Police Department tweet showing off the spoils of a drug and gun bust — including a long, antique pistol — launched a series of Twitter jokes about the shared photo.
The guns have a, shall we say, "vintage" look about them, and the tweet set off a storm of dozens of people questioning whether Jesse James, Jack Sparrow or Billy the Kid had been captured.
The tweet ended up getting more than 300 responses, most of them jokes.
Here is what Chicago police found:
Great intel lead to a positive search warrant for the 1063 team in the 10th District. Weapons and drugs recovered. pic.twitter.com/Kq38HxPOap
— Chicago Police (@Chicago_Police) April 19, 2017
Here are some of the responses:
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Damn they booked my guy who came all the way from Jumanji.
— Asocial Optimist (@SarcasticPoet33) April 20, 2017
@mirriam71 @SarcasticPoet33 @FeministaJones @Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Can't wait to hear the Joker has been convicted! pic.twitter.com/8gT9n0XDqx
— Michael Stribling (@voltattoo) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Antique Roadshow on line two. They'd like you to leave the patina alone.
— Gráinne Mhaol (@babsben) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Check the Serial Numbers. Guns probably belongs to @smithsonian
— TF Aloha Snackbar (@bad_jujuu) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Chicago PD out here catching Billy the Kid and what not.
— cx (@cxcope) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Throwback Thursday to the first 4/20 ever?
— Kyle Grantham (@kylegrantham) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 everyone is safe, Aaron Burr is in custody
— dan elkind fanclub (@DoubleEBooks) April 19, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Got him! pic.twitter.com/yYOEK3Vacr
— Rog_OnLine (@iamtherog) April 19, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 ... pic.twitter.com/I0CrLV93s7
— Rick Givens (@RickGivens) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 did you get the damsel he had tied to the tracks before the train got there or nah
— Gravitas Free Zone🤖 (@NoraReed) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 John Wilkes Booth fled to the Chi?
— THOTless Husband (@vivwashington) April 19, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 I didn't know Wyatt Earp lived in the 10th District
— Jorge Gonzalez (@Hodahay181) April 19, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 The culprit pic.twitter.com/jP10t5XRSU
— C-137 Chad (@chadstanton) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Bout time y'all caught the person who killed Franz Ferdinand with those weapons
— selase (@lushiemane) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Were they planning to rob a stage coach?
— Max Power (@afern401) April 19, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 You forgot to add "On this day in 1920" to your post. Has to be historical, right?
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 i know you can't say who gave you the tip but it was william randolph hearst right
— HOT CUBE (@PrototypeCube) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 When you have to hustle at 11 but duel at high noon.
— Rusty Shackleford (@pfcilng) April 20, 2017
