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Man With Gun Arrested Aboard Amtrak Train - St. Louis

Submitted by national on Wednesday, 3 September 2008No Comment

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A man in his 20s was arrested Monday morning after he boarded an Amtrak train with a gun, police said.

Police say a passenger alerted police that a man had carried what was thought to be a gun aboard the train. After the discovery, the train, which had been near the McKinley Bridge, returned to the Amtrak station in St. Louis.

Police seized a gun from the man and found ammunition in his backpack.

The man, whose identity was not available, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon.

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