Light up toy gun sparks armed police response in Northamptonshire

The ‘handgun’ was discovered to be a toy gun that lit up when pressed.
By Megan Hillery
Published 30th Oct 2020, 10:20 BST
Updated 30th Oct 2020, 10:32 BST
PD Boycie was deployed with armed police officers to Burton Latimer last night (October 29) in response to a report of two boys, 15 and 16, with a 'handgun'.PD Boycie was deployed with armed police officers to Burton Latimer last night (October 29) in response to a report of two boys, 15 and 16, with a 'handgun'.
PD Boycie was deployed with armed police officers to Burton Latimer last night (October 29) in response to a report of two boys, 15 and 16, with a 'handgun'.

Police were called to an incident in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire last night (October 29) at around 6pm where two boys were reported to be outside McDonald’s near Junction 10 off the A14 with what looked like a handgun.

Armed officers and PD Boycie were deployed to the location. PD Boycie tracked one of the suspects and both boys, who were aged 15 and 16, were safely detained by police.

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The ‘handgun’ was discovered to be a black and gold toy gun that lit up when pressed.

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No offences were committed but officers gave them very strong words of advice in front of their parents about carrying toys that other members of the public may perceive as real weapons.

A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Police said: “Even though - thankfully - this report turned out to be a toy gun instead of a real one, we hope the local community are reassured that we have the capability to deploy specially-trained armed police officers quickly to incidents of this nature in order to fight crime and protect people.”