Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station detained a man at gunpoint in Newhall on Friday afternoon after it was reported that he was brandishing a gun, which later was found to be a BB gun, according to deputies and radio dispatch traffic.
According to radio dispatch traffic, reports indicated that a man was seen walking along the 25800 block of Railroad Avenue near the famous Saugus Cafe holding a firearm.
Lt. Luis Molina with the SCV Sheriff’s Station said the man was reportedly waving the BB gun in the air.
Deputies were dispatched to the scene at 12:44 p.m. and arrived less than a minute later, Molina said. They detained the suspect and confiscated his BB gun, but it is not clear where exactly the detention occurred.
Deputies are still attempting to locate witnesses, Molina said. It’s unclear as of the publication of this story whether anyone was injured, as deputies were still on the scene, he said.
