2 Minneapolis men charged with illegal possesion of firearms

Two Minneapolis men have been charged with illegally possessing firearms.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said 23-year-old Travon Lavelle Blackman and 21-year-old Michael Eugene Hunter are each charged with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

Allegations in an indictment say Blackman and Hunter were in possession of a Glock, model 22, .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol with an attached 50-round drum magazine. Both have prior felony convictions and aren’t allowed to have guns or ammunition.