It came in as a report of two men with a loaded gun at Orchard Park Mall in Kelowna, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
Police were called to the mall just after 6 p.m. to investigate. RCMP set up a perimeter around the mall, while plain clothes officers went inside to locate the suspects.
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They found two youths with what looked like a gun, but was actually an air soft pistol.
The boys were apprehended without incident and released to their guardians.