EXCLUSIVE: Lead singer of Cage The Elephant Matt Shultz, 39, is walked out of precinct with his head down after being caught with two loaded guns in his Manhattan hotel room
- Matthew Shultz, 39, was charged with felony criminal possession of a firearm
- He is the lead singer of Grammy-winning rock band Cage The Elephant
- A hotel employee saw Shultz carrying a handgun into a public bathroom on the ground floor on Wednesday night
- Cops found two loaded guns, a Sig Sauer and a Smith & Wesson, in his hotel room in Manhattan’s Lower East Side
The lead singer of Grammy-winning rock band Cage The Elephant was escorted out of a Manhattan precinct with his head down after being arrested for possession of a firearm.
Matt Shultz, 39, was arrested Thursday night after police found two loaded firearms in his room at the Bowery Hotel on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, DailyMail.com has learned.
He has been charged with felony criminal possession of a firearm.
DailyMail.com photos show Shultz being escorted out of the 9th precinct Friday afternoon. He wore a black puffer jacket with his hood up and was handcuffed behind his back.
Matthew Shultz, 39, was charged with felony criminal possession of a firearm. He’s seen being walked out of the 9th precinct on Friday
A hotel employee saw Shultz carrying a handgun into a public bathroom on the ground floor on Wednesday night
He wore a black puffer jacket with his hood up and was handcuffed behind his back
Shultz is the lead singer of Grammy-winning rock band Cage The Elephant
A hotel employee saw Shultz, who was a guest, carrying a handgun into a public restroom on the ground floor on Wednesday night.
Officers, responding Thursday morning, knocked on the door of Shultz’s hotel room. He stepped into the hallway and admitted he had two .45 caliber guns.
He was then asked if he still had the weapons and he told cops he did not know.
That prompted police to arrest him and bring him to the 9th precinct stationhouse.
A judge granted a search warrant allowing police to enter the room, where they discovered two loaded guns, a Sig Sauer and a Smith & Wesson.
He did not have a license for the firearms.
Shultz is a musician, songwriter and guitarist for the band which won a Grammy for best rock album in 2016 for ‘Tell Me I’m Pretty,’ and in 2019 for ‘Social Cues’
Cops found two loaded guns, a Sig Sauer and a Smith & Wesson, in his hotel room at the Bowery Hotel in Manhattan’s Lower East Side
Shultz spent the night at the 9th precinct in Lower Manhattan.
On Friday morning he was taken to Bellevue Hospital because he needed medication, then returned to the stationhouse a few hours later.
Shultz, who is from Nashville, Tennessee, has no prior criminal history.
He is a musician, songwriter and guitarist for the band which won a Grammy for best rock album in 2016 for ‘Tell Me I’m Pretty,’ and in 2019 for ‘Social Cues.’
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