Respected neuroscientist Dr.
Peter Steinmetz, MD, PhD, didn't really have any specific business at
Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix last Friday-he says he was
just looking for some coffee.
He just happened to have an AR-15 rifle slung around his shoulder at the time.
Now
the 54-year-old director of the neuroengineering program at the
prestigious Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix faces two counts of
disorderly conduct for displaying a deadly weapon after he allegedly
pointed the weapon at two women in the airport.
According to
police, Steinmetz bought a cup of coffee at the airport, then walked to a
lobby near some gates where he removed the rifle from his
shoulder-leaving the muzzle pointed squarely at a woman and her
17-year-old daughter in an airport waiting area.
The two told
authorities that they feared for their safety. There is no word on why
he had the rifle with him at the airport, or if the weapon was loaded at
the time of the incident.
Under Arizona law, Steinmetz was
allowed to carry the rifle into non-secure parts of the airport-but
actually pointing it at anyone is a different matter.
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