SACRAMENTO, Calif. (PSN) — A man was arrested early Monday after officers seized a handgun from his lap inside a downtown Sacramento movie theater, police said.
According to unofficial police radio traffic, officers were dispatched about 12:02 a.m. to the Cinemark Century DOCO Theater for a report of a Hispanic male adult asleep with a bottle of liquor and a handgun in his lap. Roughly 40 people were inside the theater at the time.
In a media release, Sacramento Police Department spokesperson Officer Allison Smith said, “Just after 1200am this morning, officers responded to the 1000 block of 4th St regarding a subject who was passed out in a movie theater with a firearm. Officers quickly responded and seized the firearm from the sleeping suspect’s lap. Officers arrested the suspect for related charges as well as on an outstanding DUI warrant.”
No injuries were reported.