JACKSON, Tenn. — Michael Allen Smith Junior faces two separate in Jackson
City Court with unlawful possession of a firearm and contributing to the
delinquency of a minor.  Police say Smith tried to avoid arrest by passing
a loaded gun to a 17-year-old.

According to the warrant on September 16, investigators with the Jackson
Police Department’s Gang Unit saw Michael Smith standing by a car in a
parking lot in the 600-block of Whitehall Street.  The officers saw Smith
raise his shirt, and observed a gun in his waistband.

Smith allegedly spotted the officers and walked toward a truck parked in
the lot where the 17-year-old was standing.

Officers approached Smith, who they say no longer had the gun.  A 9mm
Taurus handgun was loaded with six rounds in the magazine was found in the
waistband of teenagers pants.