SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) - A reported gunpoint kidnapping at a Connecticut park that prompted seven cruisers to speed to the scene turned out to be a false alarm.
Police in South Windsor say a report Monday of a man getting out of the trunk of a car with his hands tied behind his back and duct tape covering his mouth while two other men held him at gunpoint was just three men filming a school project.
Responding officers saw a camera on a tripod and learned that there was no kidnapping. The gun was not real.
Deputy Chief Scott Custer tells the Hartford Courant (https://cour.at/1NiXelw ) the men, whose names were not released, were cited for creating a public disturbance.
Custer says the students should have alerted police beforehand that they would be filming in the park.
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Information from: Hartford Courant, https://www.courant.com
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