IMPD: 2 men arrested after multi-week firearms investigation

INDIANAPOLIS — Two 24-year-old men were arrested on Thursday after a multi-week firearms investigation by the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force.

According a social media post from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, investigators with the task force, with the assistance of IMPD SWAT, conducted a search of a home in the 2100 block of E 34th Street.

The search was the result “of a lengthy investigation for suspected trafficking of firearms and narcotics” out of the home, IMPD officials said.

During the investigation, 24-year-old Anthony Taylor Jr. and 24-year-old Gregory Henderson III were identified as individuals associated with the home. The post read that Taylor was on federal probation for unlawful possession of a handgun by a felon and was classified as a serious violent felon after a previous robbery conviction.

The post read that detectives reportedly saw Taylor with two firearms, including an AR-style pistol, in the driveway of the home and were granted a search warrant. During the search, both Taylor and Henderson were taken into custody and the following items were reportedly located:

• Three handguns, one previously reported to be stolen
• One rifle, previously reported as stolen.

Taylor was arrested on preliminary charges of possessing a firearm as a serious violent felon. He’s also being held on pending federal charges for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Henderson was arrested on an open felony warrant for resisting law enforcement.