Juneau Police Department officers say everything is safe following a report of a man carrying a rifle downtown. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Juneau Police Department officers say everything is safe following a report of a man carrying a rifle downtown. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police: Everything safe following report of man carrying rifle downtown

The report came in around 9:30 p.m. Friday.

Police say they determined everything was safe following a report of a man carrying an AR-style rifle in downtown Juneau.

In an email, JPD Lt. Krag Campbell said there were no charges in connection to the incident and the caller’s description of the rifle was accurate.

Juneau Police Department said in a Friday night social media post that a report of a man carrying an “AR-15 style” rifle in the area of Front Street came in at about 9:30 p.m. Officers searched the area and were able to contact the rifle’s owner and concluded “everything was safe.”

At about 9:30pm, the Juneau Police Department received a report of a man seen carrying an AR-15 style rifle in the…

Posted by Juneau Police Department on Friday, March 26, 2021

The owner, whose identity was not made public, told police that they had the rifle for work earlier in the day. Police did not share additional information about the rifle owner’s occupation.

The rifle’s owner said they had left it in a vehicle downtown, according to police. The owner asked a friend to remove the rifle from the vehicle and bring it to a nearby residence.

Alaska state laws do not prohibit anyone 21 or older who may legally possess a firearm from carrying it concealed or open, according to Alaska Department of Public Safety. City and Borough of Juneau’s firearms-related ordinances can be found online at https://library.municode.com/ak/juneau/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT42PECO.

• Contact Ben Hohenstatt at (907)308-4895 or bhohenstatt@juneauempire.com. Follow him on Twitter at @BenHohenstatt.

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