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A police officer on vacation in Virginia Beach is now a crime victim.
Thieves stole the officer's gun from his car. Now the neighborhood is taking action to get the stolen gun off the street.
Shirley Luddy saw a piece of trash in her yard Sunday morning. She went to clean up the mess, but found a lot more.
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"As I'm picking up by the ditch saw what looked like a badge to me and a holster, empty," Luddy said.
The items belonged to a Delaware policeman who was visiting his stepfather, Lowell Tucker's house.
The officer left his department-issued gun in his car.
Around 3:30 a.m. Sunday someone broke into the car and took the gun. As the criminal fled a shot was fired in a neighbor's yard.
"The bullet casing was found in this area here," Tucker said.
With the gun in the wrong hands, Tucker worries another shooting could pop up around the neighborhood. He emailed NewsChannel 3 to help him find the missing service weapon.
"We just want the gun back off the streets," Tucker said.
Neighbors say their block of Langston Road has seen a string of items being stolen from cars.
This spring someone stole a GPS from Melissa Lawrence's car. She said she is appalled that the break-ins have escalated.
"Apparently they didn't know there was a bullet in the chamber and when they shot off. It could have gone into a house through a window," Lawrence said.
Tucker is taking action to get the gun off the street. He's putting flyers all across the neighborhood and in area community centers, hoping that someone comes to collect their reward by turning in the gun.
"We just really want to get the gun off the street. It's one thing to steal a radio or a GPS but this is way past that," Tucker said.
Tucker has put a $250 reward on the black Glock 22. He hopes to get his stepson's service weapon off the streets.
If you have seen the gun please call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
A police officer on vacation in Virginia Beach is now a crime victim.
Thieves stole the officer's gun from his car. Now the neighborhood is taking action to get the stolen gun off the street.
Shirley Luddy saw a piece of trash in her yard Sunday morning. She went to clean up the mess, but found a lot more.
Follow NewsChannel 3 on Twitter
"As I'm picking up by the ditch saw what looked like a badge to me and a holster, empty," Luddy said.
The items belonged to a Delaware policeman who was visiting his stepfather, Lowell Tucker's house.
The officer left his department-issued gun in his car.
Around 3:30 a.m. Sunday someone broke into the car and took the gun. As the criminal fled a shot was fired in a neighbor's yard.
"The bullet casing was found in this area here," Tucker said.
With the gun in the wrong hands, Tucker worries another shooting could pop up around the neighborhood. He emailed NewsChannel 3 to help him find the missing service weapon.
"We just want the gun back off the streets," Tucker said.
Neighbors say their block of Langston Road has seen a string of items being stolen from cars.
This spring someone stole a GPS from Melissa Lawrence's car. She said she is appalled that the break-ins have escalated.
"Apparently they didn't know there was a bullet in the chamber and when they shot off. It could have gone into a house through a window," Lawrence said.
Tucker is taking action to get the gun off the street. He's putting flyers all across the neighborhood and in area community centers, hoping that someone comes to collect their reward by turning in the gun.
"We just really want to get the gun off the street. It's one thing to steal a radio or a GPS but this is way past that," Tucker said.
Tucker has put a $250 reward on the black Glock 22. He hopes to get his stepson's service weapon off the streets.
If you have seen the gun please call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
