East Side man discovers cache of guns behind garage

YOUNGSTOWN

An East Side man told police he found several weapons behind his garage about 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Officers were called to the 400 block of North Garland Avenue, where the home-owner told them he went behind his garage for the first time in five years and found a concrete wall that had partially caved in and his lawn mower missing.

The man also said he found packages wrapped in plastic bags and the barrel of a long gun sticking out, which is when he called police.

An officer came and opened the packages and found two 12-gauge shotguns, two AR-15 assault rifles, a 7.62 mm submachine gun, several shotgun shells and 5.56 mm and .223-caliber ammunition

The weapons and ammunition were taken to the police station and stored as evidence, reports said.