A Metro Police officer helps set up a perimeter in a southwest valley neighborhood after receiving reports of a male with what turned out to be a BB gun in the area of Blue Diamond Road and El Capitan Way on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016.
Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 | 11:54 a.m.
A boy carrying what turned out to be a BB gun caused a scare in a southwest valley neighborhood this morning, according to Metro Police.
Officers responded about 9:10 a.m. to the area of Blue Diamond Road and El Capitan Way after reports of a male walking down a street carrying what appeared to be a rifle, Officer Laura Meltzer said.
When officers tried to stop the boy, he ran away and began jumping walls in the neighborhood, Meltzer said. Officers set up a perimeter and caught up with the juvenile on Sterling Hill Avenue, south of Pebble Road, she said.
The gun turned out to be a BB gun, and the boy did not threaten anyone with it, she said.
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