SYRACUSE, New York - A man carrying an unusual umbrella triggered a lockdown at a New York mall after multiple people mistook it for a gun.

Lockdown initiated at Destiny USA

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Just after 3:20 p.m. on the afternoon of August 28, 911 calls reporting a man carrying what looked like an AR-15-style weapon near the Destiny USA mall in Syracuse began rolling in.

What they're saying:

One caller told police that he saw the man "cock the gun and sling it over his shoulder," according to WBNG news.

A lockdown was initiated at the mall as Syracuse police got to the scene.

Investigators located the man inside the mall and discovered that the "weapon" in question was actually an umbrella and that there was no threat to public safety.

"The umbrella that was found had a samurai st

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