UVA Imitation Gun Scare
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Associated Press
Published: April 25, 2007
Christopher Allen Smith is charged with one count of brandishing a firearm. He faces up to a year in jail and a 25-hundred dollar fine for the misdemeanor, as well as university penalties.
University police say Smith was in a courtyard when he flashed the imitation .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol.
Police say they received several 9-1-1 calls reporting a man with a gun in the area around 11 p-m. When they arrived, police say students told them the 19-year-old was in a group acting out a robbery scene.
The incident came a week after a disgruntled student shot 32 students before killing himself at Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.
Smith is being held at Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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