Oak Bay Police are reminding residents about the dangers of realistic-looking fake guns after the detachment responded to a call of two teens with a gun.
“We responded to call of two males on Foul Bay with a handgun,” said Oak Bay police chief Ray Bernoties on Twitter.
Officers responded to the area and located the suspect who turned out to be 14 and was in possession of a cap gun.
The teen was handed over to his parents.
“These situations can end tragically. Cap guns have orange tips and shouldn’t be carried publicly,” warned Bernoties.
At 7:30pm, we responded to call of 2 males on Foul Bay with a handgun. OBPD located & detained suspect (who turned out to be 14). This cap gun was found. He was turned over to parent. These situations can end tragically. Cap guns have orange tip & shouldn't be carried publicly. pic.twitter.com/w2m45P8JqH
— Ray Bernoties (@RayBernoties) July 9, 2021
Bernoties followed up the tweet with a photo of a cap gun with a proper orange identifier stating “this is what they should look like.”
This is what they should look like. pic.twitter.com/4I9a7fwoZ8
— Ray Bernoties (@ray_oak) July 9, 2021
