A Waymo Firefly. Photograph by Grendelkhan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Waymo stops robotaxi after detecting gun; two SF teens arrested

Loaded AR-style ghost gun found before 4am 3 Sep; marijuana and mace also seized.

Waymo pulled over a San Francisco robotaxi and called police after detecting a firearm violation — leading to the arrest of two minors with a loaded AR-style ghost gun.

USA TODAY / SFPD say officers made a high-risk stop on 40th Avenue just before 4am on 3 September after a report of a gun in an autonomous vehicle. They recovered an unserialized AR-style rifle plus suspected marijuana and mace spray; a boy and girl were booked into the Juvenile Justice Center on illegal firearm possession charges. Waymo told outlets it detected a terms-of-service firearm breach, stopped the car and alerted emergency services. Rider rules ban weapons; a similar earlier Bay Area call involved teens with Orbeez toy guns.

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