Cops arrive at gun call, suspect was Terminator
Mannequin dressed as Arnold Schwarzenegger character — minus the motorcycle — scares woman
“I’ll be back,” he said, and he surely meant it.
The Terminator made an appearance in Toronto on Wednesday night — and ended up in a gun scare.
At about 10 p.m., a woman called police about a man who appeared to be holding a shotgun near Grange and Augusta Aves.
The woman reported she was taking out the trash when she saw what she thought was a very tall man, his face bloodied, looking tough in his black jacket. She tried to talk to him, but he wouldn’t answer.
The strong, silent type, just like a certain action hero.
Police treated it as a “Priority 1call,” a response of the utmost importance. Emergency fire services arrived with police, said Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook, a Toronto police spokeswoman.
After scouring the area, police found a still, silent man staring at a wall. They approached and deter- mined the man was not human. It was an Arnold Schwarzenegger mannequin, dressed in full Terminator gear. The actor played the cyborg character in four movies and three video games.
Police got into the spirit, sending a message to their dispatch, saying “units arrive, fake gun, Terminator statue,” Const. Douglas-Cook said, adding officers were most amused at the details the caller could give, all the while not noticing it was not a human she was describing. “This incident is a reflection of the kind of demands Toronto police respond to every day. It is not uncommon where officers are left saying, ‘wow’. . . Sometimes I wish I can write a book.”
No injuries were reported.