New Arrest Video Shows Cage The Elephant Singer In Handcuffs for Gun Possession

TMZ obtained new video of Cage The Elephant vocalist Matt Shultz being put contained in the again of a police automotive along with his arms cuffed behind his again after his arrest this week for possessing unlawful weapons in NYC.

Try this footage of the two-time Grammy-winning musician sporting a proper shirt and tie and surrounded by police Thursday morning exterior The Bowery Resort within the East Village. Cops took Shultz to a police station, the place they processed him for prison possession of a weapon and prison possession of a firearm, each felonies.

In keeping with legislation enforcement … Shultz’s issues began late Wednesday evening whereas he was a visitor on the resort. A employee noticed Shultz brandishing a handgun in a first-floor lavatory and reported him to a superior, who, in flip, known as the NYPD.

We’re advised police responded to Shultz’s room and knocked on the door …. Shultz answered the knock and stepped out into the hallway.

Cops allegedly requested Shultz if he had a firearm … to which, Shultz replied, “two .45 caliber weapons.” When pressed about whether or not he nonetheless had the weapons, Shultz advised cops he “could, however didn’t know,” resulting in his arrest, police mentioned.

Investigators then acquired a search warrant and recovered the 2 loaded firearms from inside Shultz’s room.