Andy Murray 'autograph hunters' arrested in gun alert 9 November 2013 Last updated at 10:08 Police arrested four men suspected of brandishing a gun at tennis star Andy Murray but it has emerged they may have been autograph hunters carrying a tennis racquet. The incident happened in north London on Wednesday when the Scot was in a car with his agent. It is understood two men got out of another car and knocked on Murray's window, but he was driven away. A member of the public thought the men had a gun and contacted police A Scotland Yard spokesman said they received a call at 17:00 on Wednesday to report a sighting of a man with a firearm in a Mercedes car in Avenue Road, Swiss Cottage. The car was stopped in Tadema Road in Chelsea, west London and four men - aged 21, 26, 27 and 31 - were arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm and taken into custody. They were later bailed until late January pending further inquiries. The spokesman said one line of inquiry being considered was that the men were carrying a tennis racquet. He added: "A search of the car was conducted and no trace of a firearm was found." Murray is currently recovering from back surgery.