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Destiny USA \u2018shooter\u2019 scare: How umbrella with samurai-style handle led to mayhem at New York state\u2019s largest mall (Syracuse Police Department\/Facebook) <\/p>\nShoppers at New York state\u2019s largest mall panicked last week after many thought a man with an umbrella was actually carrying a gun. Last Thursday, several 911 calls were made starting at 3:20 pm about a man carrying what appeared to be an AR-15-style rifle inside the Destiny USA shopping and entertainment complex in Syracuse.<\/p>\n
Destiny USA \u2018shooter\u2019 scare: How umbrella with samurai-style handle led to mayhem at New York state\u2019s largest mall (Syracuse Police Department\/Facebook) <\/p>\n
One caller claimed the man slung the \u201cweapon\u201d on his shoulder and seemed to cock it. Police arrived within minutes, along with drones and a sheriff\u2019s helicopter on standby.<\/p>\n
A detective monitoring security cameras spotted the suspect around 4:04 pm on an escalator inside Destiny USA. He was then followed into the food court near the 110 Grill.<\/p>\n
While dispatchers initially reported a possible gunshot in the canyon area, officers soon confirmed that no shots were fired. The mall was locked down by cops, and shoppers ran for the exits.<\/p>\n
Read More |<\/strong> What happened at Monterey County? Fair ends early due to large brawls, shooting reports dismissed<\/a><\/p>\n Police detained the man at 4:10 pm only to find out that the \u201crifle\u201d was actually a black umbrella with a samurai-style handle.<\/p>\n \u201cAt 4:10 p.m., the male was detained, and it was determined that the supposed ‘long gun’ was actually an umbrella. The umbrella that was found had a samurai style handle, and was carried with a strap to be slung over one\u2019s shoulder. It should be noted that this umbrella resembled a long gun, specifically the samurai handle, which looked like the barrel of a rifle,\u201d Syracuse Police Department said in a Facebook post<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read More |<\/strong> What happened at Washington Square Park in NYC? False shooting reports spark panic<\/a><\/p>\n The man with the umbrella fully cooperated with law enforcement officials, and was questioned and released, police said. The mall reopened after around 45 minutes.<\/p>\n Similar incident at University of South Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n A similar incident took place<\/a> last week, when video of a person carrying an umbrella<\/a> led to panic at the University of South Carolina<\/a>, with many claiming there was a gunman on the campus. An alert was also issued by the university. However, per social media posts, this happened because many thought the umbrella the person was carrying was a gun.<\/p>\n University of South Carolina authorities gave the “all-clear” after it initially warned that there could be an active shooter on the campus. The campus previously sent an alert through its Carolina Alert system. The university said that a couple of students who were wounded during evacuation were being treated by EMS crews for minor injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shoppers at New York state\u2019s largest mall panicked last week after many thought a man with an umbrella…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[134821,134818,134820,113932,134819,49,978,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-388941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-destiny-usa","9":"tag-new-york-mall-panic","10":"tag-syracuse-police-department","11":"tag-umbrella","12":"tag-umbrella-mistaken-for-gun","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115128352381961269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}