The Tuscaloosa Police Department is urging gun owners to make sure their car doors are locked after 22 firearms were stolen from parked vehicles in the month of August alone.
Federal prosecutors said Colon Brown sold a gun to a convicted felon in 2021 and then drove to Florida where he arranged to buy three guns he knew had been stolen.
So far in 2022, 1,025 guns have been reported stolen and 711 guns have been taken from vehicles. In 2021 at this same time, 488 guns had been taken from vehicles