Rifle Seized During Warrant Served on St. Louis Couple Who Brandished Guns

No arrest or charges

Mark and Patricia McCloskey standing in front of their house holding firearms as activists walk through the gated neighborhood in the Central West End of St. Louis, Missouri, on June 28, 2020. Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP

Authorities confiscated a rifle while serving a search warrant late Friday at the home of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who last month wielded guns to defend their home from activists who walked through their private, gated neighborhood.

“We complied with the search warrant. They took my AR,” Mark McCloskey told The Todd Starnes Radio Show. “I’m absolutely surprised by this.”