Dennis RomeroA Hollywood street performer dressed in Terminator 2 garb picked the wrong day to stroll by a high school with a toy gun and all-black garb, it seems.
Police told the Weekly the guy was walking down the street outside Hollywood High School today when someone noticed what appeared to be a rifle in his bag and called the cops.
The gun turned out to be a toy:
It all happened shortly after 1 p.m. outside the school, police said. The man was allowed to go on his way.
He was dressed in all-black and apparently wearing a black mask, says Hollywood 311, which monitors LAPD Hollywood Division radio traffic:
Credit: Hollywood 311 / Twitter
Cops wouldn't give us many details, but we can imagine police going gangbusters to the location after what happened in Newtown Friday and after Chief Charlie Beck's vow to maintain a high level of vigilance when it comes to local schools.
Police told us the guy was heading to his street-performance spot near Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue.
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