Anti Federalist
09-15-2010, 09:00 PM
Lucky these folks didn't get shot.
Police respond in force to SE Portland gun store -- confusing customer and staff
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/09/post_38.html
Police responded in force to reports of a man with a gun in Southeast Portland late Monday -- only to find a confused customer and staff at a gun store.
A passerby outside the Gun Room Inc., 5537 S.E. Foster Rd., called 9-1-1 about 6 p.m. to report that a man standing outside was holding a gun and looked "nervous and sweaty," said Sgt. Pete Simpson, a Portland Police Bureau spokesman.
Area residents reported seeing officers surround the shop and set up a perimeter with assault rifles drawn. But police quickly realized the "suspicious" man was there to sell a gun. They left without issuing any citations, Simpson said.
"The police response was appropriate," Simpson said. "If you thought someone was robbing a gun shop, you're going to show up with guns."
A man who answered the phone at the Gun Room called the incident "just a case of mistaken identity," but declined to comment further.
Police respond in force to SE Portland gun store -- confusing customer and staff
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/09/post_38.html
Police responded in force to reports of a man with a gun in Southeast Portland late Monday -- only to find a confused customer and staff at a gun store.
A passerby outside the Gun Room Inc., 5537 S.E. Foster Rd., called 9-1-1 about 6 p.m. to report that a man standing outside was holding a gun and looked "nervous and sweaty," said Sgt. Pete Simpson, a Portland Police Bureau spokesman.
Area residents reported seeing officers surround the shop and set up a perimeter with assault rifles drawn. But police quickly realized the "suspicious" man was there to sell a gun. They left without issuing any citations, Simpson said.
"The police response was appropriate," Simpson said. "If you thought someone was robbing a gun shop, you're going to show up with guns."
A man who answered the phone at the Gun Room called the incident "just a case of mistaken identity," but declined to comment further.