Tuesday, December 29, 2009

D.C. Police probe firearms at Verizon Center

WASHINGTON (AP) -- D.C. Police say they are investigating a report that weapons were found inside a locker room at the Verizon Center, where the Washington Wizards play.

Last week, the Wizards said that guard Gilbert Arenas stored unloaded firearms in a container in his locker there and that the NBA is looking into the situation.

But Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump did not mention Arenas or the Wizards in her one-sentence e-mailed statement Tuesday night. She did not immediately answer a follow-up e-mail asking if Arenas was under investigation.

The statement said: "Members of the Metropolitan Police Department are currently assisting the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia with an investigation into an allegation that weapons were located inside a locker room at the Verizon Center."