Michael Grieco’s loaded gun found in Miami Beach, bodycam video shows – NBC 6 South Florida

A loaded semi-automatic handgun belonging to Michael Grieco, a Miami Beach mayoral candidate running as a champion of public safety, was found on a city park bench and turned in to police.

Body camera video released by Miami Beach Police on Monday shows a woman turning in the glock, which had six 9mm rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber.

The woman turned the gun in to the Miami Beach police station around 11:30 a.m. on the morning of Aug. 13.

Police quickly learned Grieco was the owner. The bag contained several IDs, Grieco’s wallet, and about 60 dollars in cash.

MBPD returned the gun to Grieco and have refused to publicly identify him as the owner, citing a public records exemption that applies to former prosecutors like Grieco.

Grieco previously told NBC6 he had just placed his bag down on the bench in the dog park at South Point Park, when someone picked it up before he realized it.

However, after the release of the bodycam footage, Grieco told NBC6 by text that he believes the bag was stolen, and he’s the victim of a crime.

Just a few weeks before the incident, Grieco released a campaign video decrying Florida’s newly-relaxed concealed weapons law.

“I am a gun owner,” he said in the video. “I have a permit. I am former law enforcements. I believe the state of Florida and also tourist destinations like the city of Miami Beach are now less safe than they were a week ago.”

He went on to say that he is “gravely concerned” about the children, the general public and “the fact there are going to be more guns on the street putting first responders and everyone else in danger.”

Miami Beach Police noted in its report that Grieco requested the incident not be investigated.

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