500 firearms are recovered from Palisades fire zone. LAPD wants to reunite them with their owners

Cleanup crews discovered approximately 500 firearms in the wreckage of homes affected by the Palisades fire, which burned for 24 days earlier this year. Most of the firearms are damaged and difficult to identify. The LAPD's Gun Recovery Unit aims to reunite these weapons with their rightful owners, recognizing that many may have sentimental value. Owners can report lost firearms to the LAPD to initiate the recovery process, which includes documenting which weapons are destroyed or returned.

LAPD Chief of Detectives Alan Hamilton stated, 'Since January, LAPD officers have been working through the painstaking process of recovering and rendering approximately 500 firearms safe.'

The guns are difficult to identify due to the fire damage, police said, but the LAPD's Gun Recovery Unit wants to give their owners the chance to claim them.

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