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Drunk waves gun at bus riders on Columbia Road, only it turned out to be a gun-shaped lighter, police say
By adamg on Wed, 11/08/2023 - 12:25pm
But was his bowtie really a camera?
Transit and Boston Police report officers responded to a 16 bus Columbia Road near Edward Everett Square for a report of a man who "threatened passengers" with a gun, around 11 a.m. on Monday:
TPD/BPD conducted an area search and located a 50y/o intoxicated male who was positively id'd. Firearm was NOT real but rather a butane lighter.
He was arrested on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, because even though the gun was not real, the other people on the bus thought it was.
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Comments
Bus drivers need better protection from crazy passengers
Another bus driver was spit on by a nut dressed like Chucky in Salem and a trolley driver on the Mattapan Line was threatened and teens smashed out the windows on the trolley.
I expected to read about another police shooting.
Skills were needed to avoid it. And being in a crowd of bus riders may have helped his chances.
Th charges are justified. This guy deserves the book thrown at him. If found guilty, of course.
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I must acknowledge the Simon and Garfunkel reference and also say I used to have a .22 derringer that looked exactly like a lighter.