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Police made an arrest Monday after a street vendor allegedly attempted to extort a production crew for $50,000 and threatened to shoot a gun near the Baltimore set of the Natalie Portman film, “Lady in the Lake.”
Baltimore Police Department officials confirmed to Fox News Digital Keith L. Brown was identified as the man who made threatening remarks toward the Endeavor Content crew filming on Park Avenue Friday.
Police arrested the 43-year-old on narcotics charges.
According to a preliminary report, a crew member received verbal threats and said individuals “pulled a gun and brandished it at one of the workers,” before “retracting his original statement.” He also witnessed “a large amount of marijuana” being transported in a duffle bag.
Natalie Portman, pictured in 2018, stars in the new adaptation of “Lady in the Lake,” which is filming in Baltimore.
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The incident report stated there was a group of people who “threatened to shoot in the air unless they received the money.”
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Endeavor Content did not immediately return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
