Madman wielding rifle-shaped bong inside grocery store parking lot locks down part of Oregon town: cops

A man waving around what looked like a rifle while screaming threats at people in an Oregon grocery store parking lot was arrested Friday afternoon, only for cops to realize the “weapon” was a massive bong. 

“The object he was carrying turned out to be a bong in the shape of a semi-auto rifle,” police said,

Cops initially received calls that the 47-year-old suspect, Jacob John Daniels, was stalking 🌸the parking lot of an Albertson’s and a Bimart Membership Discount Stores at 12:21 p.m., threatening to kill pꦍeople and motioning with what was initially believed to be a long gun, according to police and reports. 

The Eugene Police Department responded in full force, ♋flooding the scene with patrol officers, the Drone Team and a Bearcat armored vehicle. Eugene Springfield Fire teams also staged nearby. 

Residents were told to and police warned motorists to avoid the ar🌟ea. 

After cops arrived, they approached Daniels and de🐓🐼manded he drop the weapon.

“At one point, he sat on a curb and was cooperative, putting the object down, but then he refused commands to move away from it,” Eugene police said. 

Officers then fired off a “sponge round” to 🌄neutrali💛ze Daniels without serious injury, .

“Officers deployed 40mm less lethal when he got up and started walking toward the object,” police and reports said.

They then arrested the faux gunman and retr♚ieved💃 the bong.

After he was in custody, Daniels told investigators that he staged the stunt as a ploy to kill himself, telling investigators that he 🔯wanted to be shꦜot, KEZI reported.

Police charged Daniels wi🎶th disorderly conduct. ;

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