WILTON MANORS, FLA. (WSVN) - A high-powered arsenal was seized from a home in a quiet South Florida Community.
Welcome to the gun show…
“It’s definitely unexpected,” said resident Brad Tucker.
It’s not what Wilton Manors Police are calling it, but take away the officers and bomb squad, and that’s what it looks like.
Through the trees, you could see it was all on the table. Long guns, among others, laid out on display– pistols, ammo, carrying cases and other parts, all some of the inventory being done by officers, some wearing tactical gear.
They taped off the apartment building at the corner of Northeast 29th Drive and Sixth Avenue in normally quiet Wilton Manors where neighbors like Tucker walked their dogs and gawked at the sight, which included a Fort Lauderdale Police Department Bomb Squad truck and a fleet of gun-collecting officers.
“I’m really surprised,” said Tucker.
Tucker’s Wednesday night plans were altered due to the strange activity.
“About 5 o’clock this afternoon, I came out and walk my dog, and I was gonna go to the gym and work out, but I didn’t wanna leave my house because I don’t know what’s going on,” said Tucker.
Code Compliance came too. Outside of saying they were looking into it, police haven’t said who this arsenal belongs to, why they’re here or if anyone’s charged, but the pictures spoke volumes, and the big guns have this neighborhood buzzing.
“It’s a really safe neighborhood, people walk around. You think you know your neighbors, so I’m really surprised to see all this commotion around here,” said Tucker.
Inside Apartment 5 laid all the arsenal, missiles, landmines and assault rifles.
“When I went in, um, with him being a hoarder, I didn’t know what to expect, but I didn’t expect that. We saw missiles. I saw a mine,” said Gabrielle. “When the police got here, they said they had to clear the whole area out. They had to clear across the street out because it was enough in there that could bomb us and the neighbors all around us.”
She said that her neighbor Mike was kind and a great neighbor, that he was always moving, carrying cases in and out of his apartment.
“We were always wondering, ‘What is going on with these cases?’ He had like around 20 something cases that he was packing up and going to the storage with, but one of these cases we know had grenades,” said Gabrielle.
She said at his storage unit, he had a medical mishap.
“He collapsed in his storage unit, and he had a heart attack, and we got word overnight that he passed,” said Gabrielle.
When neighbors entered the apartment and saw all the weapons, they called police.
“I can’t even explain to you how I feel right now. I’m still shaking. I was right next door, but he was a really good, quiet person, and he didn’t let anyone in his house,” she said.
Residents of the apartment are happy to see that the weapons are no longer on the property.
It is still unclear if any of the grenades, landmines and other weapons were active.
The case remains under investigation.
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