A 29-year-old man was arrested Sunday morning after a loaded rifle fell out of his vehicle in Pioneer Square.

At approximately 2:15 a.m., Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers were enforcing trespass hours in parking lots near the 300 block of 2nd Ave. S. to deter gun violence, SPD announced . During this patrol, an SPD sergeant detained a man after a loaded short-barreled rifle with a 30-round magazine fell out of his vehicle.

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