Tipster Helps Nab Felon Carrying Gun With Hollow Point Bullets, Cops Say

The following arrest information was provided by Montclair Police and does not indicate a conviction.

A concerned citizen acting on the motto “see something, say something” resulted in the arrest of a Newark man carrying a gun loaded with hollow point bullets near Lackawanna Plaza early Sunday morning, police said.

Montclair Police Detective Lt. Angel Roman said a driver who was getting gas at the Exxon station at the corner of Bloomfield Avenue and Grove Street called police to report a man carrying a silver gun with black trim walking with a woman toward Lackawanna Plaza.

Police stopped two people fitting the caller’s description near 50 Greenwood Ave. With their guns drawn, police ordered them to raise their hands, which revealed the gun in the man’s waistband, Roman said.

The man was identified as Tyrone McGill, 27, of Newark, a convicted felon. McGill faces numerous charges, including unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a defaced weapon and possession of hollow point bullets, Roman said.

The serial number on the loaded gun was defaced and two of the 15 bullets were hollow point, he said.

The woman was released from police custody after no warrants were found in her name.

McGill’s bail was set at $50,000.