VCSO: Gun reported near mall in TH turns out to be a BB gun

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By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News

Local law enforcement responded to a call regarding an possible armed person pointing a firearm while inside a vehicle near the Honey Creek mall in Terre Haute last night.

Officers of the Vigo County Sheriff's Office and Terre Haute City Police Department were dispatched to the call alleging a passenger of a vehicle was holding a firearm to the head of the driver, according to Lt. Brian DeHart of the VCSO.

"Deputies located vehicle and ended up making traffic stop on the Red Lobster parking lot.  A BB gun was located inside the vehicle," he said, adding that all occupants of vehicle denied the incident.

The incident remains under investigation.