ST. LOUIS _ The St. Louis couple who became worldwide news after waving guns at protesters outside their Central West End home last month were charged Monday with gun crimes, despite pushback against the investigation from Jefferson City to Washington.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey each are facing a single felony count of unlawful use of a weapon _ exhibiting. Charging documents say he pointed an AR-15 rifle at protesters and she wielded a semiautomatic handgun, placing those protesters in fear of injury.
Charging documents say investigators conducted "numerous" witness interviews and relied on video footage and McCloskeys' own statements about the June 28 incident.