Man, 63, arrested after gun fires in movie theater
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Police say no one was hurt when a loaded gun fell out of a man's pants pocket in a movie theater and fired.
Memphis police said 63-year-old George Gholson was arrested and charged Tuesday with reckless endangerment and failing to follow a posted "no-weapons" notice.
Police said Gholson took a .38-caliber, two-shot Derringer into a movie theater in east Memphis. The gun, which was loaded with one bullet, fell out of his pants pocket and fired the round.
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Police said none of the 18 people in the theater were hit. An off-duty police officer who was in the theater at the time took Gholson into custody.
The theater had posted a notice prohibiting weapons inside the building. Online court records do not show if Gholson has a lawyer.