EAST HAMPTON, Conn. — Police arrested a 12-year-old boy who they said recorded himself holding up what appeared to be a Glock pistol and making threats to another youth.
The East Hampton Police Department said Tuesday that the arrested a 12-year-old youth for Threatening in the 1st Degree with a Firearm and Harassment in the 1st Degree.
The boy, police said, made a video of himself holding what appeared to be a real firearm. He could be heard saying “I’m going to get you pow pow pow.”
The firearm turned out to be a BB gun which was an exact replica of a Glock model 19, according to police. He then sent that video to another youth, police said.
Federal and state law do not differentiate if the accused used a fake or real gun.
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