GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – A man has been charged with having a machine gun at a downtown parking lot owned by East Carolina University.

Christian Lynch was charged by Greenville police with possession of a machine gun, possession of weapon of mass destruction, gun on educational property, carrying a concealed gun, and possession of marijuana up to 1/2 ounce.

Warrants say the 18-year-old Nashville man was arrested yesterday. Court documents say the machine gun was a modified Glock .357 handgun with an external switch.

Police say around 9:30 p.m. an officer noticed a group of people hanging out in the parking lot off 4th Street. When the officer approached the group they smelled what they believed to be marijuana. The gun was found in Lynch’s pants during a search, police say.

Lynch remains in the Pitt County jail on a $25,000 bond.

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