9-1-1 caller says gun held by Cleveland 12-year-old shot by police was 'probably fake' [View all]

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Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The man who called 9-1-1 before a 12-year-old boy was shot by police told dispatchers the gun was "probably fake."

The man told police he was at the park near Cudell Recreation Center and could see "a guy with a pistol" on the swing set pulling the weapon from his pants and "scaring the s--t out of everyone."

"There's a guy with a pistol, and it's probably fake," he said quickly, "but he's pointing it everybody."

When police arrived, a group of people were sitting around a table under a gazebo next to the rec center's parking lot. A rookie officer in the car saw the pistol sitting on the table, and watched the boy grab it and put it in his waistband, Jeff Follmer said.

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