Man with a stolen gun arrested at Downtown MetroLink station

ST. LOUIS -- Police found a man carrying several guns near the North 8th Street and Pine MetroLink station Thursday. Jayden Grundy, 23, is charged with felony possession of a weapon on a bus or in a terminal. Officers were patrolling the section of Downtown St. Louis because of a recent increase in open-air drug sales. Police say that Grundy appeared to conduct hand-to-hand transactions with people exiting the MetroLink. Officers said that Grundy clutched his jacket in an attempt to hide a firearm. According to court documents, he also opened his jacket to show another individual what was inside. Officers approached Grundy and performed a frisk for weapons. During the encounter, an officer saw the butt of a firearm inside Grundy's bag. A search of the suspect revealed a SCCY CPX-2 9 mm semi-automatic pistol and a Ruger P95 9 mm semi-automatic pistol. Investigators discovered that the Ruger P95 had been reported stolen. Police say that Grundy was within the MetroLink terminal turnstiles at the time of the arrest. All facts in this report were gathered by journalists employed by KTVI. Artificial intelligence tools were used to reformat information into a news article for our website. This report was edited and fact-checked by KTVI staff before being published.