Stolen gun reports are spiking in the city, and police believe most of them are preventable.
Pittsburgh Police say they have received about 215 reports of stolen guns this year. Compare that to 156 guns reported stolen at this time last year - a 38% jump.
Detective Russell Cain says oftentimes they're stolen from unlocked cars, other times, people are just plain negligent.
”We’ve had people report their guns stolen while it was not allowed in a bar. ‘So, I went across the street and I stuck my gun up in a tree.’ We’ve had other people say, ‘I was on my way to work. I can’t take my gun to work, so I stuck it under the bushes on the North Side.’”
Free gun locks are available at all Pittsburgh Police stations.
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