Man accused of waving toy rifle used for video games on UMD's campus - 九游游戏中心

Officers stopped the vehicle near Union Drive and Alumni Drive and detained the driver. Officers found a weapon, which they found to be a white gaming rifle that is used to play video games.

The driver was later identified as 40-year-old Christopher Garner of D.C.

Security camera videos from campus showed the Garner's van entered the campus from the North Gate and drove west on Campus Drive, past Edward St. John, where police said the driver held the gaming rifle out the window. [...] COLLEGE PARK, Md. (7News) — A man was taken was arrested after police said he drove around the University of Maryland (UMD) waving a weapon that appeared to be a rifle, but was actually a toy used for video games.

The university's police department said it received a call from Prince George's County public safety officials at around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday about a person wearing a facemask, driving a white Dodge van on the College Park campus, and waving what appeared to be a weapon. [...] Updated

Christopher Garner was arrested after he was accused of waving a toy weapon around the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md. on Sept. 29, 2026. (University of Maryland Police Department)

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