Police have arrested a woman who, they claim, pointed a loaded handgun at the heads of shoppers in a music store in Plymouth Township, officials say.
A woman wielding a loaded handgun was arrested after aiming the firearm at customers in a Guitar Center store in Plymouth Township on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, police saidLaw enforcement officials in Montgomery County are investigating after a woman is alleged to have pointed a handgun at the heads of shoppers in a music story at the Metroplex Shopping center in Plymouth Township on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.
Upon arrival, officials said, officers at the scene were confronted by the woman -- who officials declined to provide further identifying information on -- as she exited the store with the gun in her hand.The woman, officials said, did not immediately comply with police orders to drop the gun and she, allegedly, pointed the weapon at officers several times.
Though she remained unresponsive to police commands, officials said, she"laid prone on the sidewalk in a position of surrender" and she was taken into custody without and injury to herself or officers involved in this incident.At the scene, police recovered a loaded .38 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun with eight rounds, and officials said, one round was in the chamber.
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