Man with fake guns causes scare on Strip, Las Vegas police say
After responding to reports of a man brandishing multiple guns on the Strip late Wednesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said they took the man into custody and that the weapons were air guns.
In a text message, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Andrew Kelvington said reports started to come in at around 4:30 p.m. about a man walking in the 2800 block of Las Vegas Boulevard South, near Circus Circus, with “what appeared to be a handgun and rifle.”
The man, Kelvington said, was reported to have been pointing the weapons and later concealed them in a backpack.
Officers, Kelvington said, “deployed less-lethal” force, which “proved effective” in apprehending the man. Police discovered the guns were replica airsoft pistols.
As of 6 p.m., Las Vegas Boulevard in the area where the man was found was open to traffic, Kelvington said.
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