ghost gun

Laura Herp was awarded over $104 million in a lawsuit against Husky Armory LLC and Up North Media LLC after her son Henry Willis, who had schizophrenia, died by suicide using a gun built from a kit sold to him at age 18. The verdict marks the largest U.S. award against a ghost-gun seller, as the company failed to conduct background checks that would have blocked the sale.

A Saratoga County man was sentenced for drug trafficking and 'ghost gun' charges. Tamaryn Bennett, 27, was sentenced by Judge James Davis in a case handled by the Saratoga County District Attorney's Office.

A 20-year-old man was charged after a loaded ghost gun was discovered during a traffic stop in Cook County. Investigators also recovered over $1.3 million in stolen cargo in a separate case.

A DUI stop in San Bernardino County led to the discovery of two firearms without serial numbers, a silencer, and high-capacity magazines. Deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Victorville station conducted the stop on a 2006 Infiniti near Nova Lane on June 19.

A man was shot and killed by Los Angeles police after allegedly firing at officers during a pursuit on the 405 Freeway near Los Angeles International Airport. The suspect, identified as Thomas Hearn, was involved in a confrontation where a ghost gun was recovered.

Sidney Rogers, a 35-year-old convicted felon from Washington D.C., was sentenced to 48 months in prison for unlawful possession of a ghost gun while fleeing police on an ATV through a residential neighborhood. The case was prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and involved a dangerous high-speed chase through Southeast Washington.