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Oakland man uses prop gun to hold burglar for police

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police say an Oakland man snuck into a South Oakland residence Sunday afternoon to burglarize it, but was caught and held by a resident with a prop gun until officers arrived.

Public Safety spokeswoman Sonya Toler said the home invasion was reported about noon on Ophelia Street. A resident was at home playing videogames and wearing headphones when he noticed a stranger inside the house who claimed to be there looking for someone else. The resident, whom police did not identify, pulled out a fake gun, like one used as a movie or television prop, Toler said, and held the suspect until police arrived.

Police questioned Kymarr Freeman, 23, about why he was in a stranger's house with an empty backpack; officers charged him with burglary, criminal trespass and possessing an instrument of crime. He was convicted of burglary and criminal trespass in 2011.

This article was written by Channel 11's news exchange partners at TribLIVE.

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