Man with ‘gun’ turned out to be carrying banana: Toronto police
Posted May 24, 2019 7:43 pm.
Last Updated May 24, 2019 11:09 pm.
It started with an ominous tweet by Toronto police on Friday night just before 7 p.m., alerting the public to reports of a man with a gun in the King Street East and Victoria Street area.
Units responded with the type of urgency expected from a gun call.
Person w a gun:
King St E/ Victoria St
– reports of a man walking in the area carrying a gun
– units responding@TPS51Div #GO950233 ^adc— Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) May 24, 2019
Officers found the man in question, but in the end they didn’t ‘Dole’ out any punishment, because the suspected weapon turned out to be a banana, loaded with nothing more than a healthy dose of potassium.
Update:
– units OS have located the man
– he was not carrying a gun, it was…a banana@TPS51Div #GO950233 ^adc— Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) May 24, 2019
Maybe the call should have been fielded by “Peel” regional police?
As expected, the internet had a field day with the light-hearted conclusion.
— A.Centra (@SmokeEater303) May 24, 2019
I find this tweet quite ap-peel-ling.
— Public Safety Fit (@motocomms) May 24, 2019
— Lisa Renee (@popmusic67) May 24, 2019
Hahahahahahahaha good one pic.twitter.com/Gm6xNnOBZm
— Jane Robertson (@hexturtle) May 24, 2019
— Tank Castle (@Tank_Castle) May 24, 2019
When you arrived, did he “split”?
— Offseason Freddy (@Maple_Hyperion) May 24, 2019
