ST. LOUIS — As a woman was cooking tacos on an outdoor grill for a nearby south St. Louis restaurant, a teenager grabbed a taco before taking what looked like a gun from his waist and waved it.
The 19-year-old man who was later detained for the incident insisted the taco the Lilly's Panaderia staffer was making for a customer was his before brandishing the weapon. He then walked away without paying, a report from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said Saturday.
Moments later, the woman told a 911 dispatcher she saw him standing at a nearby street corner.
Police officers found him and took him into custody, but the weapon they found was a BB gun.
Police detectives are still working the case.
