SoCal Man Arrested After Entering Movie Theater With Airsoft Gun

The theater was evacuated and the man taken into custody after deputies found he had misdemeanor warrants for his arrest.

Airsoft plastic BB guns on display in a shop selling the hobbyist replica firearms in London. Scott Barbour/Getty Images

San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in Apple Valley, California, Dec. 8 after movie goers reported seeing a man enter a theater wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a firearm.

According to the sheriff’s department, the gun turned out to be an airsoft weapon, which shoots plastic pellets and is similar to a paintball gun.