SAGINAW TWP, MI — Reports of a potentially armed man inside a Saginaw Township big box store elicited a heavy police presence, though it turns out no gun was involved.
At 12:07 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, numerous police officers responded to Five Below, 3435 Tittabawassee Road, after employees reported an armed man entered the business. As of 2 p.m., the store’s entrance was cordoned off with crime scene tape as five marked Saginaw Township police vehicles and one Saginaw County Sheriff’s vehicle were parked in the lot.
Officers determined the incident began with an argument between two men in the parking lot, said Saginaw Township Police Lt. Rick Herren. One of the men went into Five Below to get away from the other man, who followed him into the store.
This second man told an employee he had just been robbed by the first man, Herren said. The employee interpreted this mean the first man had been armed with a gun and called 911.
“Obviously, a significant police response will occur for a gunman inside a store,” Herren said.
No physical fight or confrontation occurred within the store, with Herren saying the store itself had no bearing on the matter other than it was the spot the first man opted to enter to distance himself from the other man.
“There was never a gun involved,” Herren said.
Police located the two men and arrested them both on drug charges unrelated to the incident.
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