Lyndhurst police respond to report of armed teenager Dan Alexander Published: August 29, 2025 Imitation guns found by police after Egg Harbor Township's National Night Out 8/5/25 (Egg Harbor Township police)

🚨A caller to 911 said a man had a gun while at a Lyndhurst shopping center

🚨The toy gun's orange stripe was blacked out

🚨Officers located the gun and took it from the teen

LYNDHURST — A report of a teen with a gun in his waistband led to police converging on a Bergen County shopping center parking lot.

A 911 call was made by a witness from the Towne Centre Shopping Plaza who was able to direct officers to the suspect on Aug. 16, according to Chief Richard L. Jarvis.

Police found the teen was located in a car parked near the AT&T store. The “weapon” was a toy replica

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