Teenage Gunman Tried Stashing Revolver Under baby’s Car Seat: Cops

JOLIET, IL — A teenage gunman tried stashing his revolver under a baby’s car seat during a Saturday night traffic stop, police said.

Tyrone Cooley, 19, was riding in the front seat of a Buick Century pulled over at the corner of Wallace and Chicago streets about 8:30 p.m.

An officer spotted Cooley reaching into the back of the Buick near where a 4-month-old was sitting in a car seat, police said. The officer reportedly ordered Cooley to get out of the car.

While he was standing outside the Buick, Cooley stealthily pulled a revolver out of his waistband and kicked it under the car, police said. He was arrested and booked into the Will County jail on charges of endangering a child, the unlawful use of a weapon, possessing a firearm without an owner’s identification card, and resisting police.

The 31-year-old father of the child was driving the car, police said, and had picked up Cooley shortly before he was pulled over. The father was released without charge.

image via Will County Sheriff's Department