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Screen-saver photo of boy, 6, holding gun, alarms Calif. police

Police in Stockton, Calif. say they found this cell phone photo of a 6-year-old boy holding a gun while serving a search warrant on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Stockton Police Dept./CBS Sacramento

(CBS) STOCKTON, Calif. - Police serving a search warrant at  Stockton home say they found multiple weapons, drugs and an alarming photo of a 6-year-old boy holding a gun.

The gun appears to look identical to a handgun that was seized during the search, police said, according to CBS Sacramento.

Officers reportedly located an assault rifle, a handgun with a high capacity magazine, several other gun magazines, thousands of rounds of ammunition, plus varying amounts of crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, ecstasy, and over $2,100. 

Raul Gonzalez, 22, and Ricardo Gonzalez, 18, both of Stockton, were arrested on weapon and drug charges, CBS Sacramento reported.

Police said the picture of the boy with the gun was being used as the screen-saver on Raul Gonzalez's iPhone.

The home was searched as part of an ongoing weapons and narcotics investigation, police said.
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