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UPDATE, Oct. 30 at 4:10 p.m.:

The Daily Courier followed up with the Prescott Valley Police concerning whether "an 18-year-old is not supposed to be in possession of a handgun."

Prescott Valley Police said that detectives are considering the additional charge against Adams, based on Arizona Revised Statutes 13-3102, misconduct involving weapons.

It is not clear whether the suspect is a prohibited possessor or one of the other reasons listed in the statute.

According state law, any person who is at least 18 years old who can legally possess a firearm may open carry, and any person at least 21 years old may concealed carry a firearm without a permit.

Also, there is no requirement for background checks on private gun sales in Arizona, which includes handguns and long guns with the only requirement being that the purchaser is at least 18 years old under state law. Under federal law, a person needs to be 21 or older to buy a handgun from a federally licensed dealer.

UPDATE, Oct. 30 at 1:45 p.m.:

Prescott Valley Police Sgt. Jason Kaufman reported this afternoon that the gun has been found. It was in an irrigation box on an easement near the 8100 block of Lisa Circle.

That means Stephen Michael Adams, 18, of Prescott Valley, did not toss it away, but placed it inside the irrigation box, Kaufman said.

He added that Adams will face an additional charge of misconduct involving weapons, because "an 18-year-old is not supposed to be in possession of a handgun."

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ORIGINAL POST:

About a dozen Prescott Valley Police officers searched into the night for a gun Tuesday, Oct. 29, combing the area between Mountain Valley Park and Lisa Circle – including grassy fields, the area around the Boys & Girls Club, as well as gutters and easements.

Sgt. Jason Kaufman said an 18-year-old man, Stephen Michael Adams of Prescott Valley, allegedly stole a gun from another Prescott Valley man, and took the weapon to the area of the Mountain Valley Skate Park, 8250 Nace Lane, Prescott Valley.

Witnesses at the skate park told police that Adams was asked to leave the skate park several times because he was being belligerent and appeared to be intoxicated.

Kaufman said Adams pointed the "stolen gun at someone at the skate park ... people panicked and 911 was called."

When police were responding, at about 5:15 p.m., Adams was seen running southwest through Mountain Valley Park, across Robert Road and toward Frank Lane, according to a news release. As he continued running, officers attempted to establish a perimeter around the area the suspect was running.

After approximately 10 minutes, Kaufman said, the suspect was apprehended in the backyard of a residence located in the 8100 block of Lisa Circle. No officers or citizens were injured during the incident.

At some point during his run, Adams tossed the gun; according to police, he remembers only grass and is not giving the exact location of the weapon.

The police have been looking for the gun since. "The gun is still at large," Kaufman said.

The gun, which Adams reportedly pointed at approximately eight people, was discarded somewhere between 8250 Nace Lane and the 8100 block of Lisa Circle. It has been described by witnesses as a revolver that is black or silver in color. The search has yet to locate the gun.

The Prescott Valley Police Department is urging the community to keep their eyes open and call the Police Department immediately if they see or find the gun, or know of its whereabouts. It could be in a backyard, easement, in an ally way, on a roof or on anyone’s property.

If anyone has information about this, they are urged to call the PVPD at 928-772-9261 or 911 in the case of an emergency.

Stephen M. Adams faces charges of eight counts of aggravated assault with a weapon (a felony), and eight counts of disorderly conduct with a weapon (a felony). He has been booked into the Yavapai County jail in Prescott.

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