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Masked man arrested with stolen gun after trying to open car doors in Hialeah, police say

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Masked man arrested with stolen gun after trying to open car doors in Hialeah, police say — Pinecrest Community news

A masked man was arrested after police said he was spotted trying to open car doors in a Hialeah neighborhood and was found carrying a stolen firearm. According to an arrest report, officers responded to the area of East Fourth Avenue and East 56th Street shortly before 2:30 a.m. Tuesday after receiving reports of a suspicious person wearing a white hoodie, white pants and a mask. Police said they located 19-year-old Amari Richardson nearby with a shirt fashioned into a makeshift mask covering his face, which he pulled down as officers approached. When officers asked whether he was carrying any weapons, Richardson told them he had a gun, investigators said. Officers recovered a black Smith Wesson handgun from his waistband and later determined it had been reported stolen out of Miramar. According to the report, a witness told police he saw Richardson attempting to open the doors of a parked GMC van while leaving his home for work. When questioned, Richardson told of

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