Crime & Safety

Collingswood Man Arrested on Gun Charges in Camden

Camden County Police say Shawn Garrison was carrying a gun loaded with hollow-point rounds Tuesday night.

A Collingswood man was arrested in Camden's Whitman Park neighborhood while carrying a gun loaded with hollow-point rounds, Camden County Police said.

Shawn Garrison, 36, ran away from officers that approached a group of men in the 1400 block of Sheridan Street around 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, police said.

Garrison tripped while running, according to authorities, and as he got up from the ground, police allegedly saw him tuck a gun into his waistband.

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When they caught Garrison, authorities said he had a .380 Smith and Wesson semi-automatic handgun that had its serial number filed off.

Garrison was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, certain persons not to have weapons, possession of hollow-point bullets and defacing a handgun.

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He was taken to the Camden County Jail on default of $205,000 cash-or-bond bail.

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