Traffic stop leads to gun charge

Columbus police say a man driving without a license twice this morning was also found to be carrying a handgun without a permit.

Police stopped a vehicle at about 4:05 this morning and cited 44.year-old Kipper L. Doran for driving without a license. He was ordered not to drive until he got the license sorted out. But Doran allegedly found driving the vehicle again near Second Street and Central Avenue and cited a second time.

As officers prepared to tow Doran’s truck, a loaded handgun was found in the back seat of the vehicle — a gun Doran did not have a permit to possess. He was arrested on a preliminary charge of possession of a hand gun without a license.