PART 2 of 2 PARTS
   During yesterday's hearing, D.C. police Detective George H.
Darley, of a special gun interdiction unit, said the incident that
led to the arrest of the youth began about midday New  Year's Eve
during a routine surveillance by D.C. police and federal agents of
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms at a gun dealership in
Temple Hills.
   According to Darley's account, two young men arrived at the store
driving a 1980 Ford Pinto with D.C. license plates and went inside.
There, a D.C. police officer saw the 17-year-old buy a box of
12-gauge shotgun shells. While the 17-year-old was talking with the
clerk, the youth mentioned his "AK," which the officer took to mean
an AK-47 assault rifle.
   A short time later, the youth bought an unspecified number (less
than a full box) of what Darley described as "live, AK-47 tracer
rounds," which give off illumination when they are fired, making
their path visible.
   In subsequent conversation, the clerk told the youth, " `If you
wait a minute, I'll get you your gun,' " Darley testified.
   The two men soon left the store, with the youth carrying a box.
Officers followed the Pinto back into the District and tried to
stop it at East Capitol Street and Minnesota Avenue, but the car
sped off, leading police on a chase to 20th and C streets NE,
where the car stopped in the middle of the street and the two
occupants ran off, Darley testified.
   The youth was captured at 19th and D streets NE after a brief
chase on foot, Darley said. He testified that the ammunition was
found between the driver's seat and the passenger seat, and that the
box the youth was seen carrying was seized from the rear hatchback
area of the car. The box contained a MAC-11, the serial number of
which had been obliterated, Darley testified.
   Officers later went to the youth's home in the Trinidad
neighborhood and seized five loaded weapons from the youth's bedroom
and a closet in an adjacent hallway, Darley testified.

*****[NOTE THE FOLLOWING -- the AK-47 "contained *two* fully loaded
magazines -- how? - LT]

   He said the AK-47 assault rifle contained two fully loaded
magazines and four more fully loaded magazines were found in a
nearby box. Another MAC-11, this one fully loaded, a loaded .45
caliber automatic pistol, a loaded 12-gauge shotgun and a loaded .22
caliber pistol also were seized, Darley said.

*****[NOTE THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH - EVEN A .45 IS A "MACHINE GUN"
IN D.C. -- LT]

   Under D.C. law, four of the weapons, the AK-47, the two MAC-11s
and the .45, are considered machine guns because they can fire 12 or
more rounds without reloading.

   The detective said that because it was a holiday, officials had
been unable to check records on the guns. No additional information
about the incident was available.