Report of gun turns out to be Blackberry

Helena law enforcement stormed into a building at Carroll College Thursday afternoon responding to a report of a man with a gun but the incident turned out to be nothing more than a scare.

What was thought to be a handgun ended up being a Blackberry wireless handheld device.
At least 16 officers from the Helena Police Department, the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office and the Montana Highway Patrol responded to the call, which came in at 1:35 p.m., according to Helena Police Lt. Roger Johnson. An employee in the student union building reported seeing a dark-haired man putting a handgun into his pocket while walking into the building.

Responding officers, both uniformed and plainclothed, began "a very aggressive response prepared for someone with bad intentions," Johnson said. People in the immediate area were evacuated and authorities prepared to use the reverse 911 system to call all of the phones on the college campus. The system was ready to go, but no calls were made

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