Car Wax Can Mistaken for Gun Inside Danvers' Walmart

Danvers and State Police responded to the scene at about 4:20 p.m. on Tuesday.

Posted Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:26 pm ET|Updated Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:02 pm ET

and responded to on Route 114 at approximately 4:20 p.m., on report of a man with a gun inside the store.

The alleged man with a gun, a white male in a red coat in his 50's, was actually holding a can of car wax, which was mistaken for a gun.

State Police cleared the scene just before 5 p.m., while Danvers Police remained to review the survelliance video, Lt. Carole Germano said.

As of 5:25 p.m., the scene had been cleared.

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