Texas man dressed as feminine held for clicking pics of girls in lavatory, flashing gun

Police have arrested a person for allegedly getting dressed as a girl and clicking images of girls in a toilet of a mall in Texas, United States.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 27, 2022 09:06 IST

Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Texas, the place the incident was reported. (Google Maps)

By India Today Web Desk: Police have arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly getting dressed as a girl, clicking images of girls in a toilet of a mall in Texas, and brandishing a pepperball gun (non-lethal self defence weapon) whereas fleeing the scene.

Police stated a Texas man wearing ladies’s garments snapped pictures beneath a stall in a mall lavatory after which brandished a pepperball gun whereas working away.

The suspect has been recognized as Douglas Egan and is going through prices of aggravated assault with a lethal weapon and improper pictures.

The matter got here to gentle when a feminine sufferer observed the cellphone beneath the stall on Christmas Eve at 4:30 pm at Hulen Mall in Fort Worth.

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The girl, who confronted the suspect, described him as ‘a male that was dressed to appear like a feminine’, who tried to flee the mall.

Another particular person witnessed the confrontation and tried to intervene, however the suspect allegedly reached into his backpack and pulled out what seemed to be a handgun, then pointed it on the male witness.

The suspect then left the mall, and a handgun could possibly be seen in his waistband as he modified garments, in line with police.

On receiving info, law enforcement officials arrived and arrested the person. It was decided that the weapon was a pepperball gun.

Egan is being held on the Tarrant County Corrections Center on a mixed $30,000 bond. Jail data didn’t checklist an lawyer who may communicate on his behalf.

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Dec 27, 2022