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SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — In a desperate plea to parents and the community, Shaker Heights Police Commander John Cole is issuing an important safety notice after he says the department has seen an increase in juveniles carrying and brandishing replica weapons.
“They're dangerous and of course the consequence, we don't want to have a deadly consequence,” said Commander John Cole of the Shaker Heights Police Department. While on patrol just last week, Cole says officers came across three young men carrying what he said appeared to be assault rifles near Shaker Town Center on Lee Road and Chagrin Boulevard, where we found Sally Hendricks shopping on Monday evening.Cole says officers later confiscated those weapons and eventually learned they were M4 carbine paintball guns.
“It was very dangerous not only to those people carrying the guns, but it was dangerous to the surrounding public,” said Cole.Earlier this year, in April, University Circle police told News 5 they took a replica Glock and a real extended magazine off of a 17-year-old during an attempted stolen car case.
“It’s either, an ego thing or, it's a protection thing because they want people to think they're armed so that, they, they don't get attacked, or have aggression towards themselves,” said Dimoff.At the time, News 5 spoke to Commander Cole, he said those charges were still pending for the three juveniles.We Follow Through Want us to continue to follow through on a story? Let us know.
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