'Lookalike AR-15' Turned Out To Be Paintball Gun: Plainfield PD

PLAINFIELD, IL — Officers responding to reports of a man walking down the street holding a rifle learned the "lookalike AR-15" was really a paintball gun, Plainfield police said Friday.

Cmdr. Anthony Novak told Patch that Plainfield officers, along with Will County deputies and the Forest Preserve District of Will County, responded to reports of an armed man near Feeney Drive and Lily Cache Road just before noon.

A short time later, police spotted the man in the area of Route 30 and Frontage Road, near the BP Amoco gas station, holding what appeared to be an AR-15. However, Novak said the weapon was actually a paintball gun.

The man, identified as Kurt A. Skinner of the 16000 block of South Lexington Drive in Plainfield, was taken into custody without incident and was given a citation for disorderly conduct.