City Of Groton Police Arrest Juveniles In Replica Guns Incidents

GROTON, CT — City of Groton police arrested multiple juveniles in two separate incidents involving replica guns last week, according to a statement. The first occurred Wednesday at 1:20 p.m. when police received a report of a male pointing a gun at people in Branford Manor.

Police responded and said they found several teenagers, one in possession of what appeared to be a gun. The teen who had the gun dropped it and yelled, "It's a BB gun.

Police were told that there was another BB gun on the residence's steps. Police seized the guns and found that they were replica firearms. An investigation found that the teenagers were playing with each other with the replica guns. Police made several arrests as a result of the investigation.

Then on Thursday, at 1:34 p.m., police received a report of a teenager threatening another juvenile with a possible replica gun. The replica gun was seized, and police made several arrests.

Police said the following in a statement: "The City of Groton Police Department stresses that incidences of this nature could have tragic outcomes given the similar nature of the seized replica firearms. Officers are not able to determine whether firearms of this nature are replicas or real at first sight. Officers have seconds to determine a threat and act appropriately... We would like to remind parents to please be aware of how juveniles playing with replica firearms can alarm the public and elicit a police response."

Photos of the replica guns are available at the police department's Facebook page.