Matt Shultz has been arrested on charges of possession loaded firearms in New York City (Picture: Getty Images for Pandora Media, Inc)
Cage The Elephant frontman Matt Shultz has been arrested in New York City.
The singer, 39, was taken into custody on charges of possessing loaded firearms on Thursday of this week.
NYPD officers discovered several loaded weapons at a room in the Bowery Hotel in lower Manhattan after responding to a 911 call following reports of a person with a loaded weapon.
In a statement to the PA news agency, a spokesman confirmed: ‘Police responded to the location and subsequent to an investigation, a search warrant was obtained and two loaded firearms were recovered from a room at the location.’
The No Rest For The Wicked singer was arrested and subsequently charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Shultz, along with his brother Brad Shultz, formed Cage The Elephant in 2006.
The other band members include Nick Bockrath, Matthan Minster, Daniel Tichenor and Jared Champion, as well as former member Lincoln Parish.
The band have won two Grammy awards for their music (Picture: Getty Images)
Cage The Elephant enjoyed success on the rock charts with their first, self-titled album in 2008, and their next – Thank You, Happy Birthday, went on to bring them mainstream popularity.
The band has won two Grammy awards for best rock album, first in 2017 for fourth album Tell Me I’m Pretty, and again in 2020 for fifth album Social Cues.
They were also nominated for a Grammy in 2016, as third album Melophobia was considered for Best Alternative Music Album.
Their first nomination came in 2011 at the MTV Video Music Awards, when their track Shake Me Down was nominated for Best Rock Video.
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Shultz formed the band in Kentucky, USA, but moved to London in 2008 shortly before the release of their debut album.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to reps for Shultz for comment
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The singer was arrested on Thursday.
