Carterville Police arrest man with assault rifle, body armor and helmet

CARTERVILLE — A Carterville man faces felony charges, after police say he walked around his apartment complex with a loaded rifle.

Around 7 a.m. Sunday morning officers were called to an apartment complex in the 700 block of Laclede Avenue, for a report that a man had a gun.

“The caller said that there was a man walking around the apartment complex wearing body armor and armed with what he believed was an AR-15,” said Carterville Police Chief Heather Reno.

Please click below to read the full story and video from Roni LeForge of WSIL-TV.

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