During the search, police found more than 50 guns, a live grenade, thousands of rounds of ammunition and a mannequin dressed like a soldier ready for combat with a firearm around its neck.
Fifty-three firearms were recovered from the home, police say 48 of them were in McDonald's bedroom and 17 were ghost guns."Well over a thousand rounds of ammunition were recovered, a live pineapple hand grenade and gun manufacturing equipment were all recovered from the residence," Chief French said.The homeowner, an elderly female relative of McDonald, was also home when this happened, but wasn't hurt or involved.
"We had no information regarding a large cache of weapons that we ultimately found in the house," Sgt. Donald Patchin, a Richmond Police Department spokesman said. "The only information we had was Mr. Martinez did illegally possess three additional firearms and the original intent was to go retrieve those firearms from his bedroom.
"We never expected all of this ammunition and guns and a live grenade, what a shock, this is such a quiet neighborhood," Tostenson said. "It appears to me that maybe it was appropriate, considering how many weapons he had and what was his plan?"As far as what McDonald could have been planning before the shooting, the ATF is now investigating.
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