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Police recovered this semiautomatic handgun from a child in Central Park Thursday. (Photo: PFPD)

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Child Found in Possession of a Handgun

by Gary Kopycinski on April 22, 2022

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Police recovered this semiautomatic handgun from a child in Central Park Thursday. (Photo: PFPD)

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police said that a 14-year-old child was found to be in possession of a handgun. The youth was petitioned to juvenile court on a charge of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after brandishing the weapon in a park, according to police.