Police: Thief Carrying Shotgun Tries To Hail Cab

Police said a man tried to hail a taxi near the University of Kentucky campus Thursday night  but the cab driver wouldn’t stop and for good reason.

Police said the man was carrying a shotgun.

Instead, the cab driver flagged down a police officer who was passing by on South Limestone.The officer chased the man and arrested him.

Lexington police and University of Kentucky campus police said they discovered the suspect, Mark Brown, stole the shotgun from a truck parked near campus.

Brown was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center and charged with is charged with receiving stolen property, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a handgun by a felon and tampering with physical evidence.