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A man works with his fishing rod as the sun sets on the waterfront in the Red Hook section of the borough of Brooklyn on Thursday, March 22, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

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Boston angler reels in handgun

Detectives were dispatched to the scene

Updated: Monday, 24 Sep 2012, 7:56 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 24 Sep 2012, 7:56 AM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston man fishing for dinner at a city beach instead came up with an "upsetting and scary" catch — a handgun.

Alberto Pina said he at first thought he'd hooked a big one when his fishing pole bent Sunday afternoon at Carson Beach, a day after he hauled in a 27-inch bluefish.

But what came out of the water was a barnacle-encrusted gun.

The 37-year-old Roxbury man said what was particularly upsetting is that he had his 3-year-old son with him.

Boston police spokeswoman Nicole Grant tells the Boston Herald that Pina called 911 at 6:11 p.m. to report his catch. Detectives were dispatched to the scene to recover the weapon and start an investigation.

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Information from: Boston Herald, http://www.bostonherald.com

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