Mobile Police arrested a man Sunday after he arrived at a local hospital carrying a handgun that had been reported stolen years earlier, according to the Mobile Police Department.
Officers were called to the hospital around 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, after a patient arrived with a handgun, according to an MPD news release.
When officers responded, they found the gun had been reported stolen out of the Mount Vernon Police Department’s jurisdiction in 2023.
Police did not release information on why the patient was at the hospital or why he had the weapon with him at the time.
Tamyrin Mason, 25, was arrested and charged with second-degree receiving stolen property. He was booked into Metro Jail.
Second-degree receiving stolen property is a felony charge in Alabama that applies when a person knowingly possesses stolen property valued between $2,500 and $20,000, or possesses a stolen firearm, regardless of the item’s value.