ROCHESTER, Minn. – A scare about a man carrying an AK-47 war weapon turned out unfounded. But there was reason for the scare. Police found man carrying a look-alike war weapon, allegedly for tactical practice, near the Rochester Arts and Sciences Academy on Pennington Drive in northwest Rochester about 11:30 p.m. He earlier had been reported near the Tom Kadlec Kia dealership wearing a mask and camouflage gear and carrying an AK47. Arrested was Jakob Barrows, 20. Barrows told officers that he lived nearby and wanted to “practice his tactical moves” with his new airsoft rifle. Police found a plastic target bag on a chair in the school parking lot. Barrows faces several charges: Carrying a BB gun in public, using a replica firearm on school property, and disorderly conduct.
