UPDATE: It was determined that no crime was committed and the man was not arrested, according to the sheriff’s office on Tuesday. The man told officers he took the gun with him because of bears.
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Carson City sheriff’s deputies detained a 45-year-old man at Long Ranch Park near Bristol Place Monday night after he was reportedly distraught and carrying a shotgun, leaving his residence, walking along streets and through the park.
The man was detained at 9:37 p.m. about 40 minutes after a search began, and telephone communication was made. The man left the weapon behind him as he walked out to meet with deputies, according to officers at the scene.
During communication between deputies and the man, he was cooperative, at one point saying that he would remove rounds from the weapon as he was walking to meet them in order “to make deputies more comfortable.”
Perimeters were established at various points, along Longview Way leading to the park. The man told deputies after he was detained that he was just walking with the weapon.
The gun was located at 9:40 p.m. Long Ranch Park is on the west side of Carson City between Longview Way, Walterford Place, Bristol Place and Thames Lane.
