An 18-year-old man has been arrested for threatening pedestrians with a fake gun outside Wellington's JJ Murphy. A teenager has been arrested after threatening pedestrians on Cuba Street with a fake gun. Police had been investigating for five days after an incident outside JJ Murphy & Co Irish Pub around 11.30am on Thursday, June 4. READ MORE:* Pedestrians threatened with gun in central Wellington* Man jailed for assaulting police officer, brandishing toy gun* Man arrested, schools locked down after toy gun scare in New Plymouth"It was two lads and a girl who were walking on the street, and another lad walking the other way. "It was the lad walking by himself [who pulled the gun].

Source: Stuff June 09, 2020 03:56 UTC