ESCANABA, MI— What started as an investigation into an individual carrying a firearm on Bay College’s campus turned out to be a Halloween prank.
The Escanaba Department of Public Safety received a call Tuesday around 11 p.m. about a subject walking around the dorms carrying an AR rifle. Officers were told the person was wearing a mask and knocking on dorm doors.
Police began a search for the suspect. They also worked with college staff to review camera footage and interviewed students.
Officers learned three subjects were wearing Halloween masks and one was carrying a fake plastic machete.
Public Safety says no weapons were involved and the students were only pranking other students.
