Elderly man claims to have gun during argument at market


An elderly man claimed to have a gun during a verbal dispute with a Lyft driver at a market. No weapon was seen.
Audio|Source: Newton Police and Fire
03:14
Transcript:
Control the 496. 496. 496. One Boylston Street Star Market for a man with a gun that went inside. We're getting more information now. Control the 494. Control the 505. 505, coming with the 58-9-55. Total 55, go again. On the way with the rest of the Southside Coast. Roger. Described as an 82-year-old man, RP's a lift driver. Verbal altercation between the lift driver and possibly a passenger. RP's indicating he never saw the gun. We saw him on the line. Getting more now. Market, Boylston Street. RPs indicating he never saw a gun. It was a verbal altercation. The 82-year-old man simply stated that he had a gun. Again, no gun was ever seen. Roger. We're getting a description of what he's wearing currently. Described as an 82-year-old man wearing shorts, no color for the shirt, no further description. To use the lift driver. We still have them on the line. We're trying to get more information from them. Control 496, 4950 with the lift driver now. Roger. Control the 505. Do you have that? Yeah, I see him. Roger.
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Location mentioned:
Near Boylston St, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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