Police get leads on missing machine gun
McClatchy Regional News
OTTAWA - An investigation into a missing or stolen World War II-era machine gun from the Ottawa Police Department has turned up leads from the public, Police Chief Dennis Butler said.
"We have made progress investigating this case," he said. "I am optimistic that the police department will recover the gun and resolve this matter."
The machine gun –– a German model MP40 9mm machine gun with the serial number 3906P –– hasn't been seen since the early 1970s.
Butler released information about the gun earlier this year in hopes of gathering information from the public.
Butler said previously that in May 2007, he requested a list of weapons inventory from the Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms as part of a self-initiated internal audit.
When the machine gun on the list wasn't immediately found, police personnel searched extensively for it.
Following the unsuccessful search, Butler contacted the ATF for further assistance.
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