Crime & Safety

Gun Report Near State House Actually Child With Airsoft Rifle

Boston.com reported originally park rangers saw someone in a minivan looking through the scope of a rifle.

The area around the State House received a scare Sunday when a report of someone waving a gun in a nearby parked minivan turned out to be a child with an Airsoft rifle, according to Boston.com.

Park rangers at the State House observed two people in the minivan Sunday morning with one person appearing to be looking through the scope of a rifle.

Boston.com said rangers then contacted State Police, who later located the minivan and determined the gun was actually an Airsoft rifle being held by a 12-year-old boy.


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