Howell Police Investigate Caller After Gun Report Proves False

HOWELL, NJ — A caller who reported a person waving a gun out a window on Saturday is under investigation in Howell after police determined the caller's report was false, Howell Township police said.

The incident started in the Point O Woods development, when the caller told police someone was waving a gun out the window of a vehicle on Bergerville Road, police said.

The minivan was pulled over near the Howell Township library, and police investigating the report found the firearms were legally owned and properly secured in locked cases. They were stored in a rear cargo area of the minivan.

The people in the minivan were on the way to a shooting range and had stopped at the library to drop off one passenger, police said.

"At this point we believe the caller either embellished or fictitiously reported this incident after seeing the occupants loading the gun cases into the vehicle," police said. "We have now turned our investigation towards the caller for possible criminal conduct."

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