Police officers report struggling to arrest man with tactical rifle in Opa-locka

Demetris Jones was wearing a security guard’s uniform, and he had an American tactical rifle slung around his neck as he walked at an apartment complex on Wednesday night in Opa-locka, according to police. After police officers approached Jones, 34, at about 9:50 p.m. on Wednesday near Northwest 22nd Avenue and 139th Street, he “began verbally and physically challenging” them, and “assumed an aggressive fighting stance,” according to a police officer’s arrest report. A police officer “issued multiple loud, clear verbal commands while at a low ready position with his firearm, directing him to disarm himself,” but Jones “continued to make several verbal threats ... would not remove his firearm ... maintained an aggressive fighting stance,” according to the arrest report. Shortly after 10:20 p.m. on Wednesday, police officers “were able to retrieve and disarm the firearm safely” and arrest Jones, who did not have an active armed security license, according to the police officer’s arrest r