Two men with concealed-carry permits were arrested in Orland Park last month for violating the gun law, according to police.
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On Dec. 19, Derrel McDavid, of Oak Park, was attending a holiday party in a community room at an apartment complex in the 9700 block of Crescent Park Circle when he
displayed a handgun, police reported.
McDavid, 54, told police that he tried to break up an argument in a hallway but never took out his gun.
David’s handgun was loaded, and he was intoxicated, police said, and he was charged with carrying a gun while impaired, a violation of the concealed-carry law.
A Riverdale resident was arrested Dec. 17 after a shopper complained that he was walking around Orland Square Mall with the butt of a handgun sticking out from his pants, police reported.
They said Linnear Shaheed, 24, was charged with violating the concealed-carry law, which prohibits a gun from being displayed while being carried.
Kate McCann is a freelance reporter.