[anatolfz]

Why would the police say there was a gun if there was not?

How could the LE possibly know for certain if there was a gun or not?

The previous post is not asserting that the police knew anything of the kind; it is asking why they would make up this detail.

[varina davis]

The previous post is not asserting that the police knew anything of the kind;

Yes it is.... or it wouldn't have asked the following question.... it is asking why they would make up this detail.