Rifle Scare Turns Out to Be Fake Gun: Police

Police deployed a large response to reports of a man with a gun near West Hollywood Saturday one week after the terror attacks in Orlando, only to find the weapon was fake.

The uproar also comes a week after an armed man was arrested indicating he wanted to do harm at a West Hollywood pride parade.

At least 10 cruisers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a report of a man with a gun at 1346 Fairfax Ave at 9 p.m. which sits on the border of Hollywood and West Hollywood.

One person was taken into custody, LAPD said.

It wasn't clear if anyone sufferered any injuries. 

Fairfax Avenue was closed between Fountain and Sunset Boulevard after the scare.

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