Inset: Angel Cruz Garcia (Orlando Police Department). Background: Police body camera footage shows a child in a car seat above which authorities say lay a gun (Orlando Police Department).
A 19-year-old man was arrested after Florida authorities say they found a P90 machine gun wrapped in a towel just beneath an 11-month-old child sitting in a car seat.
Angel Cruz Garcia was charged with possession of a concealed firearm by a juvenile delinquent and possession of less than 20 grams of cannabis, the Orlando Police Department announced.
On Oct. 1 at about 1:05 a.m., police said officers pulled over a vehicle in the area of South Goldenrod Road and Hoffner Avenue in Orlando. Body camera footage provided by the department shows the defendant in the driver's seat and the child in the back of the SUV.
Police said they had probable cause to search the vehicle, though it is currently unclear what that probable cause was. The video shows officers detaining Garcia and then checking on the child.
Authorities did not note any injuries to the infant. However, when officers were looking in the back of the vehicle, they noticed something: a large machine gun.
Police said the firearm was a black FN Herstal P90, which the company describes as "a compact, lightweight weapon with a magazine capacity of 50 cartridges." According to the body camera footage, it appeared to be wrapped in a beach towel directly beneath the child's car seat.
Records reviewed by regional NBC affiliate WESH show Garcia was convicted when he was a minor, prohibiting him from possessing firearms.
In the current case, he was arrested and charged and has since bonded out of jail.
Police did not note the defendant's relationship with the child.
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