BEAUMONT , Texas, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Police in Beaumont, Texas, cited an 18-year-old for violating a city ordinance that prohibits soliciting in and alongside roadways after they received multiple calls about a man carrying an AK-47 while dressed as a banana near Highway 105 on Saturday morning.
The teen was helping to advertise the grand opening of the Golden Triangle Tactical store’s new location.
The store’s owner, Derek Poe, told 12News Saturday that the man had the AK-47 slung across his back while holding a sign with an arrow pointing toward the store. Poe was previously charged with disorderly conduct for carrying an assault rifle on his back while he was heading to his store inside the Parkdale Mall.
After detaining the teen, Beaumont police found that the rifle had a drum magazine with at least a 50-round capacity.
It’s possible that there could be criminal charges related to the man’s display of the firearm.
Golden Triangle Tactical’s new location is on Eastex Freeway.
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