Local News Man polishing powder horn outside Lexington church prompts bizarre police response Officers responded to Grace Chapel for a report of a man with a gun, but they later learned that there was no threat to the public. Lexington police intervened Friday in a bizarre situation involving a man taking his semiquincentennial celebrations a little too seriously. As he waited, he was polishing a powder horn, which is a musket-era gunpowder container in the shape of a bull’s horn, according to police. Advertisement:Police learned that the man is an “avid period reenactor” and was polishing the horn outside his vehicle due to the heat. The incident prompted a heavy police response, with multiple cruisers at the scene and parts of Worthen Road being closed.