25-year-old Connecticut man on Saturday allegedly pulled out a gun on two women because they did not thank him for holding a door open for them, according to local police.
Law enforcement responded to a Hamden Family Dollar store at about 3:15 p.m. after receiving a report that a man was pointing a gun at two customers outside of the store, the Hamden Police Department wrote in a statement.
When officers arrived, a witness told police that a man, later identified as Joshua Murray, allegedly pointed a gun at the women for whom he held a door open. They told officers he allegedly grew irate after they did not say thank you, according to the statement.
“A witness reported that the suspect was upset that two woman did not say thank you to him for holding a door open for them,” cops said.
Murray allegedly whipped out a pistol during the encounter, then fled. He was picked up by officers nearby, authorities said.
The suspect was charged with carrying an illegal gun, breaching the peace and interfering with a cop, the outlet said. He was held on $25,000 bail.
A New Haven man is in police custody over a Saturday incident in which, authorities said, he brandished a gun after failing to get a “thank you” for holding a door open. Joshua Murray, 25, became “upset” after two women at a Family Dollar store didn’t express their gratitude, a witness told Hamden investigators.
Officers responding to a report that a man was brandishing a gun outside the store found an armed Murray nearby. He then “interfered with officers during his arrest,” according to the New Haven Register. Murray was eventually detained, and hit with a felony charge of carrying a pistol without a permit. He has also been given related misdemeanor charges of interfering with an officer, and two counts of second-degree breach of peace.