ELYRIA – Police confiscated 23 weapons from a suspected mentally ill Elyria man who said he was preparing for a war.

Police were called Sunday after the man went to his neighbor`s home in the 200 block of Bond Street carrying a shotgun and asked the neighbor to call 911.

When police arrived about noon, they ordered him to put the shotgun down, but he refused, saying “I can`t, I`m protecting myself, I have a concealed carry permit,” according to a police report.

After the officers convinced him that they would protect him, the man placed the shotgun on the ground and told police two black men were in his house with guns. He also said the night before his house was broken into but he chased the perpetrators down the street, firing a full magazine of 9 mm rounds, the report said.

Officers entered the home and found pans, bowls and other containers throughout the house containing moldy food, in addition to “a foul odor throughout the house,” the report said.

While those officers were searching the home, the man told officers outside that even more black men were inside the home than he first reported and described them as three-legged dwarves, with one of their legs being a roller skate they used to escape from places. The dwarves, he told police, had been breaking into his home over the last few nights.

Officers found 11 various guns in the home, including shotguns, revolvers and rifles, as well as 10 swords, large knives, BB guns and ammunition. He was taken to EMH Regional Medical Center for evaluation, and the Nord Center was contacted.

The man told police he had the weapons so he could be prepared for the next war to begin, according to the report.

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