'Cage the Elephant' singer Matt Shultz arrested for gun possession in NY
Singer Matt Shultz of the Grammy-winning rock band Cage the Elephant, was arrested in New York City after police discovered two loaded firearms in his room at the Bowery Hotel.
Shultz was hit with two charges of criminal possession of a weapon. He did not have a license for the two firearms, reports Variety.
An employee at Bowery saw the singer carry a handgun into the public restroom on the ground floor of the Lower Manhattan hotel on Wednesday night, per Daily Mail.
Police responded to a 911 call and knocked on Shultz’s door on Thursday morning to recover the weapons, a Sig Sauer and a Smith & Wesson.
Shultz spent the night at the 9th precinct in Lower Manhattan.
Cage the Elephant is a two-time Grammy winner for best rock album, taking home trophies for both 2015’s ‘Tell Me I’m Pretty’ and 2019’s ‘Social Cues’. The band’s 2013 album.
Shultz was hit with two charges of criminal possession of a weapon. He did not have a license for the two firearms, reports Variety.
An employee at Bowery saw the singer carry a handgun into the public restroom on the ground floor of the Lower Manhattan hotel on Wednesday night, per Daily Mail.
Police responded to a 911 call and knocked on Shultz’s door on Thursday morning to recover the weapons, a Sig Sauer and a Smith & Wesson.
Shultz spent the night at the 9th precinct in Lower Manhattan.
Cage the Elephant is a two-time Grammy winner for best rock album, taking home trophies for both 2015’s ‘Tell Me I’m Pretty’ and 2019’s ‘Social Cues’. The band’s 2013 album.
- 1/7/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
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