SHOW-ME NERF GUN POOL PANIC!!!

Thankfully, nobody was hurt in this Missouri hot mess which only serves to reveal the depths of fear that confront Americans who live their lives by the 24-hour social media news cycle.

The basics . . .

According to the city, a boy dressed in all black and wearing a Kevlar vest walked along the fence of the pool holding a rifle-style Nerf gun. From a distance, swimmers and lifeguards thought the gun was real.

“All of a sudden lifeguards started yelling to get out of the pool,” Scavo said. “There was panic, and kids weren’t running as fast as they should have, so they just started saying there is a man outside with a gun.”

She said everyone rushed inside one of the buildings at the aquatic center. Inside, people locked and barricaded the doors. Others consoled scared children.

Police arrived minutes after receiving the call.

“Once they arrived, they were able to locate the individual and it was determined that the gun that was called about was actually a Nerf gun,” Daniel Barnett, the Public Information Officer for Harrisonville, said.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Boy dressed in all black, carrying rifle style Nerf gun causes Harrisonville Aquatic Center to lock down Tuesday

The Harrisonville Aquatic Center is back to business as usual after it went on lockdown Tuesday afternoon. According to the city, a boy dressed in all black and wearing a Kevlar vest walked along the fence of the pool holding a rifle-style Nerf gun. From a distance, swimmers and lifeguards thought the gun was real.

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