LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Ten people were taken into custody after Louisville Metro Police confiscated stolen guns in the Phoenix Hill neighborhood Tuesday.
According to LMPD, police were investigating a parked stolen vehicle in the 800 block of East Madison Street around noon. When police approached the vehicle, the people inside ran off.
Two people were apprehended during a chase. LMPD said two handguns, one that was converted to a full automatic, were recovered from the vehicle.
Arrest reports said investigation led detectives to an Airbnb address in the 700 block of East Chestnut Street. There, police arrested four adults and six juveniles.
The four adults arrested were Jaliyah Jones, Damyah Mack, Malachi Forrest, and Rihanna Kittrell.
"These are very significant arrests that when we go back to our office and we look at all the data, we say these are the right arrests, we were in the right spot, these are the right players," said Lt. Joseph Fox with LMPD's Intelligence Unit.
Jaliyah Jones, Damyah Mack, Malachi Forrest, and Rihanna Kittrell were four of the 10 people arrested.
Detectives obtained a search warrant for the property. LMPD's SWAT team was then deployed and cleared the home around 4:15 p.m.
An arrest report said officers found a stolen handgun in Jones' bag, and three pistols hidden under a kitchen stove.
"That is a very significant problem that we keep encountering," Fox said.
All arrested face receiving stolen property charges, and Jones faces additional charges.
Overall, police found 6 guns; two of them had been converted to fully automatic weapons.
"It is shocking to the conscience that we're seeing this kind of thing go on and trying to understand how we get to this point," Fox said. "How a child gets involved, gets a gun in their hand, gets a machine gun of all things in their hand," Fox said.
Investigators said in Louisville the age of those involved in these crimes only seems to be getting younger.
"The days of adults only being our main suspects in violent criminal activity are unfortunately long gone," Fox said. "And that is something to me personally living here, it's alarming."
Fox said this problem will take more than policing. It'll take mentors, coaches, church groups and parents to step up.
"They're going to go to prison for the rest of their life or they're going to wind up dead on the street," Fox said. "And that should be so significant that everybody in the community is pitching to help to solve that."
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