Replica gun shuts down Dartmouth neighbourhood
Posted Aug 1, 2014 08:19:59 AM.
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Halifax police shut down a neighbourhood in Dartmouth yesterday evening after receiving a report of a man carrying a firearm in the Clement Street area.
The weapon ended up being a plastic BB gun, however the scare resulted in HRP Emergency Response Teams and crisis negotiators to be brought to the scene.
Residents were told to stay in their homes because of the potential danger.
A 19-year-old man will not be charged, but police are warning the public that replica firearms carried in public can frighten residents and unnecessarily tie up emergency responders.
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