vThe defendants conspired with at least four other individuals to illegally straw-purchase almost 60 firearms from federally licensed gun shops in South Carolina.
The National Response Team is heading to Philadelphia to help investigate the fire that caused part of the building to collapse, killing one firefighter and inuring five other people.
Lt. Sean Williamson, a 27-year veteran of the Philadelphia Fire Department, was killed after a fire and building collapse in Fairhill on Saturday morning. Four other firefighters and a worker from the Department of Licenses and Inspections were also injured. An investigation in underway from the Philadelphia Police Department, ATF, and Fire Marshals.
A South Carolina man and another from Pennsylvania are facing federal gun trafficking charges in what federal prosecutors say was an attempt to smuggle 60 guns.
Two men have been charged with illegally trafficking almost 60 firearms from South Carolina to Pennsylvania, the Department of Justice announced Friday.