Man arrested, accused of carrying shotgun in a guitar case in Portland park
A man was arrested in Portland’s South Park Blocks on May 15 after police allegedly found him carrying a hoard of weapons — including a pump-action shotgun concealed in a guitar case — near the intersection of Park Avenue and Jefferson Street at approximately 7 p.m.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man was arrested in Portland’s South Park Blocks on May 15 after police allegedly found him carrying a hoard of weapons — including a pump-action shotgun concealed in a guitar case — near the intersection of Park Avenue and Jefferson Street at approximately 7 p.m.
The Portland Police Bureau Bike Squad said that officers stopped 46-year-old Layton Clark when they saw him carrying a machete in the park.
“While officers spoke with the man, another officer noticed what appeared to be a shotgun barrel coming out of a guitar case,” the PPB Bike Squad shared on social media. “Possession of a weapon in a park when it’s a shotgun means you don’t pass go and don’t collect $200.”
Officers searched Clark and allegedly found a second machete, a pocketknife, a hatchet and a Sig Sauer handgun with the serial number scratched off in addition to the other weapons found in his possession. PPB said that Clark was arrested by PPB's newly formed afternoon detail of its Bike Squad unit.
Clark was booked into the Multnomah County Jail for the unlawful possession of a firearm, the obliteration of a firearm serial number, and for an existing warrant for additional weapon and drug charges. Clark was released on May 16 under close supervision.