Members of the SPD’s VCAT, in collaboration with patrol personnel, executed a search warrant on Dec. 20 at approximately 4:15pm in the 800 block of Wingate Cir. The operation was initiated in response to ongoing complaints involving illegal firearms in the area.

During the search, the officers discovered two individual in possession of automatic weapons, which are prohibited by both state and federal law. The suspects, 20-year-olds Cartrevious Coleman and Christopher Davenport, were taken into custody. In addition to the possession of machine guns, Coleman faces an additional charge for possession of a stolen firearm.

It is noteworthy that Davenport recently pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for his involvement in a 2021 shooting that resulted in one fatality, injured two others, and struck a local hospital on Bert Kouns Industrial Loop.