According to reports, a Texas woman was arrested after allegedly stealing a machine gun from a San Antonio area gun range.
Authorities apprehended Amber Nicole Herring, 25, on Monday and charged her with possession of a prohibited firearm/machine gun and theft of a firearm.
Per NBC affiliate News 4 San Antonio, "an alert the store owner sent out on Monday, the woman came in and rented a handgun to use on the firing range. A few minutes later, she rented a Heckler Koch Fully Automatic 9mm MP5, submachine gun, but instead of going out to the shooting range, she walked out of the store, hopped into a white Ford Ranger and drove off."
The store owner noted that the Texas ID used to rent the firearms was "from someone who was killed in a car fire in December 2022." Despite this glaring fact, he said the Herring looked similar to the woman in the ID picture.
Authorities confirmed the ID used was from a deceased woman who they later learned was Herring's sister. During their research, they used social media of that woman's relatives and matched Herring to one of the Facebook accounts. What's more, the store owner correctly pointed out Herring in a suspect lineup.
Source: News4sanantonio.com
