A man was arrested Wednesday morning after openly masturbating in front of a Southeast Portland elementary school, police said.

Brandon Kwok Lee

Brandon Kwok Lee, 25, was arrested on suspicion of public indecency, Portland police said in a news release. Police said witnesses saw him masturbating in front of Parklane Elementary School and that when people confronted him, he turned toward them and kept fondling himself.

Officers responded to the school around 7 a.m. Children weren't around because classes start at 8:50 a.m. on Wednesdays.

Police said officers found an unloaded gun in Lee's car. They took the gun "as evidence pending further investigation," police said.

He was jailed and released on his own recognizance Wednesday, according to Multnomah County jail records. Police said he's set to be arraigned Thursday.

— Jim Ryan

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