Police: Man threatens multiple people with BB gun in downtown Portland [Video]

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Two people were detained Saturday after allegedly threatening people with a replica gun in downtown Portland, according to PPB.

Shortly before 5:30 p.m., officers responded to West Burnside Street at Southwest 6th Avenue after a caller reported that a man was pointing a handgun at multiple people.

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When police spotted a car that looked like the one the suspect drove away in, officers did a “box-in maneuver” on the Burnside Bridge to stop the car.

The suspect and another person in the car were detained and police said they recovered a pistol as evidence. At that point, officers discovered the gun was a realistic-looking BB gun, they said.