"They searched me, and they figured out I had nothing," he added. "Then, they went over to where I was standing and found a bag of chips on the floor."

Allen described the scene as chaotic, saying "about eight cop cars" arrived and officers drew their weapons.

"The first thing I was wondering was, was I about to die? Because they had a gun pointed at me," he said. "I was just holding a Doritos bag — it was two hands and one finger out, and they said it looked like a gun."

Baltimore County police told WBAL that officers responded to a report of "a suspicious person with a weapon" but determined the student was unarmed after searching him.