Update: Allegedly drunken trombone-playing clown arraigned for protection order violation

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI -- Police arrested a 54-year-old man after he was allegedly seen wearing camouflage pants and a clown mask, shooting a gun at a can in the street.

Grand Traverse County sheriff's deputies said the man also was seen playing a trombone at one point, all the while as he stood in a garage.

The man, described as intoxicated, was arrested for a personal protection order violation. No one was hurt and the gun turned out to be a pellet gun.

Deputies responded at about 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 20 to a Blair Township residence on a report of a man, standing in a garage, pointing a firearm at surrounding houses.

A caller to 911 said the man also was shooting at a can in the road.

The caller told dispatchers the man was "wearing camo pants and a clown mask and at one point was playing a trombone."

Deputies arrived at the scene, determined the man was drunk, and arrested the man on the personal protection order violation.

No one was injured.

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