Crime & Safety
Portland Man Arrested After Gun Scare At Fred Meyer In NoPo
Callers to 911 said a man was waving a gun. It turned out that David Huntley was waving a holster as if it were a gun.
PORTLAND, OR – Scary times at the Fred Meyer on North Interstate Thursday. Callers to 911 said that a man was waving a gun.
Store employees quickly ushered customers to a back room for safety and then out a door to a parking lot.
Portland Police arrived and while the man was no longer in the store, witnesses were able to provide a description of the man.
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Not long after police found a man now identified as 46-year-old David Huntley on the sidewalk not far away.
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A member of the community found a black gun holster nearby and police were able to determine that was what Huntley had been brandishing, what people had thought was a gun.
He's charged with menacing, disorderly conduct, trespass, and violating probation for a previous cocaine possession conviction.
Photos via Portland Police.
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