Who Guards the Guards: Halloween Edition

Visitors to a Maryland haunted house probably got a bigger scare than expected this weekend, reports UPI. It seems that an off-duty police officer, Sgt. Eric Michael Janik, 36, pulled his gun and pointed it at scary house worker Michael Brian Morrison, 32, who happened to be dressed in costume and was carrying a chain saw. The news agency reports that alcohol may have been involved:

“County police said Janik, who smelled of alcohol and was slurring his speech after the incident, initially denied pulling out his handgun during the haunted house tour but later told officers he drew the weapon and pointed it at the ground. However, multiple witnesses said he pointed the gun at Morrison.”

So we ask once again, who guards the guards? And what will the punishment be for this action? This is clearly very disturbing. We also advise our readers to consider costumes carefully, and this is no joke. People have been shot by the police, who cannot always tell a fake gun – but a man dressed as Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies shouldn’t have a gun pulled on him. And there is nothing funny about this story.