DAYTON, Ohio — Two men are in an Ohio jail after a Facebook Live broadcast led officers to a vehicle with open bottles of alcohol and a loaded, loose gun, police said.
After 5 p.m. Tuesday, a detective with Montgomery County Sheriff's Office alerted Dayton police to a Facebook Live broadcast of a vehicle driving erratically with the occupants drinking alcohol and firing a gun, according to the Dayton police report.
Dayton police quickly located the vehicle driving near Main Street and Interstate 75.
When the vehicle pulled into a day care center in the 2300 block of Catalpa Drive, police stopped the Ford Escape, the report said.
The driver, Terrell A. Shrivers, 29, was issued a couple citations for window tint violation and driving under suspension, police said. He was taken to jail and charged with improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle.
The front passenger, Donald D. Byrd, 35, also was jailed and charged with improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
Police said they found an open bottle of liquor, open bottle of champagne and a loaded pistol inside the car.
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