UPDATE (7:50 p.m.) - A homeless man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on multiple weapons charges after police responded to reports of a man with what appeared to be a firearm at Laguna Lake Park.
San Luis Obispo police said in an update James Michael Taylor, 40, a transient of San Luis Obispo, was taken into custody without incident after "an alert community member" reported to police at 4:45 p.m. that Taylor was waiving an apparent firearm near the boat ramp at the park.
When police arrived and located the suspect, they set up a perimeter and observed Taylor from a safe distance, police said.
Police contacted Taylor and took him into custody. Taylor was found to be in possession of a pellet gun that resembled a handgun, a stun gun, and a throwing star — what's called a shuriken.
Police said Taylor was shooting the pellet gun within the park.
Taylor was booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail on three charges: possession of a throwing star, convicted felon in possession of a stun gun, and discharge of a dangerous weapon.
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UPDATE (6:16 p.m.) - Police report that the incident at Laguna Lake Park "has been contained." No further information has been released.
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(5:47 p.m.) - The San Luis Obispo Police Department is asking the public to avoid the area around Laguna Lake Park.
Few details were immediately available but police said the entrance to the park was closed as of 5:25 p.m. due to police activity.
People currently inside the park are being escorted out, according to police. They advised people to meet up with those who were evacuated at the Post Office parking lot on Dalidio Drive.
Police said there were no injuries to anyone at the park.
This is a developing story and will be updated with new information as it becomes available. KSBY News has a crew headed to the scene.
