CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago police collected more than 150 firearms at a gun turn in event Saturday afternoon at Hope Community Church in the South Austin neighborhood.
Police were offering $100 Visa gift cards for each gun turned in, no questions asked. Replica guns, BB guns, and air guns also could be turned in for $10 each.
READ MORE: 11-Year-Old Girl Shot While Sitting In Backseat Of Car At West Pullman Gas StationThe event ran from 10 a.m. Saturday until 2 p.m. at 5900 W. Iowa St. in the church’s parking lot. Police said 164 guns were turned in, and 26 replica guns also were collected.
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164- guns
26- replica guns— Chicago Police (@Chicago_Police) August 8, 2020
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