Hundreds Show Up For License To Carry Event In Allegheny County
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
ELIZABETH, Pa. (KDKA) -- Hundreds of people have shown up for a license to carry and medicine dropoff event at the Forward Township Municipal Building.
The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office and the Forward Township Police Department are hosting the event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The departments are requiring that people social distance and wear a mask in accordance with COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
KDKA crews observed 226 people showed up between the hours of 8 and 10 a.m.
People are also asked to bring a completed application, a valid PA driver's license or ID and $20 cash.
The agencies are also hosting Project D.U.M.P. and people can drop off unused or expired medications. The agencies say that glass bottles, liquids, syringes, inhalers/insulin and creams will not be accepted.
Stay with KDKA as we follow this developing story.