Five illegal guns confiscated during two traffic stops in Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to public safety officials, two traffic stops by violence prevention detectives in Pittsburgh over the weekend resulted in the recovery of five illegal guns. The first traffic stop happened on outbound 279 that is on the Veterans Bridge. Two seventeen-year-olds were arrested when detectives found two stolen guns while searching the vehicle, one of which was equipped with a full-auto selector switch. The second stop took place at Becks Run Road and Wagner Street in the South Side of Pittsburgh. Officials confirm that the driver was arrested for possessing a full-auto Glock pistol. A search of a vehicle then led to investigators recovering two AR-pistols, cash and crack cocaine. Officials say that the driver, who was identified as Deshawn Livingston, now faces multiple firearms and narcotics charges. The teens were not identified and it was not immediately clear what charges, if any, they faced.