Story highlights Soldier Bryan Wolfinger was arrested without incident and charged with "going armed to the terror of the public," police say

Police have released him, and he is "with his chain of command," an 82nd Airborne Division spokesman says

Police say the soldier was carrying an AR-15, Kevlar vest and multiple ammunition magazines

(CNN) Police arrested a soldier carrying an AR-15 rifle and ammunition at a Fayetteville, North Carolina, mall after officers received multiple reports of an armed man walking through a Macy's department store.

Bryan Wolfinger was tracked down within minutes near the Macy's wing of the Cross Creek Mall on Thursday evening, police said.

He was detained without incident, according to police, and charged with "going armed to the terror of the public."

Wolfinger, who is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, was carrying the rifle, a Kevlar vest and multiple ammunition magazines, and he intended to have photographs taken with the gun and the other equipment, CNN affiliate WNCN reported , citing Fayetteville police.

Police have released Wolfinger, and he is "with his chain of command," said Master Sgt. Patrick Malone, a spokesman for 82nd Airborne Division.

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