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A Man With BB Gun Ends Movie Shoot On Main Street Stillwater

A BB gun gets mistaken for a real gun during a movie shoot in local pub.

 

An officer reported seeing a man cross the street and enter Pub Monique on Main Street with what appeared to be a gun.

A woman outside the establishment reportedly yelled “the man has a gun.”   The officer ran inside the pub and located the man with the gun.

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The gun was actually a BB gun with black electrical tape covering the orange ring around the barrel. The man informed the officer they were filming a short film.

The man also told the officer they did not have a film production permit as they thought they didn’t need one on private property.

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The St. Paul man was cited for disorderly conduct and the BB gun was seized for evidence. The pub owner was cited for an ordinance violation, for not getting a filming permit from the city.

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