Lincoln police recovered a stolen handgun Monday as they investigated reports of teens firing BB guns in the city, a department spokeswoman said.
Officers were called to 35th and T streets at 3:30 p.m. and asked four people to get out of a car after smelling marijuana, Officer Angela Sands said.
Inside a backpack in the car belonging to Xavier Wheeler, police found a stolen handgun and nearly 1.5 ounces of marijuana, along with cigars, Sands said. The gun had been reported stolen from a car near 27th Street and Old Cheney Road on Sept. 16.
The teens had been shooting pumpkins and trash cans with AK-47-style BB guns, police said.
Wheeler, 18, of Lincoln, was arrested and taken to jail on suspicion of possession of a stolen firearm, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and discharging a spring-operated gun in Lincoln.
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Three 17-year-olds with him were released and their cases were referred for prosecution for the city BB gun violation.