REVERE – Revere police officers, still mourning the tragic death of Officer Daniel Talbot, held back their emotions Monday after someone wore a T-shirt displaying the words “Free Lodie” during the annual Columbus Day parade on Broadway, resulting in a scary confrontation involving a handgun outside a nearby Brooks Pharmacy.Around 3 p.m., police converged on the sidewalk outside the store after a man, later identified as Pat Starkey of Saugus, allegedly threatened other people with the gun, which was strapped to his body with a shoulder holster.Starkey, 32, was immediately arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. He was wearing a black T-shirt with the words “Free Lodie” scrawled in white letters across it.Derek Lodie, 17, of Revere, is the only person officially charged in connection with the shooting death of Talbot, who died Sept. 29 after he was shot in the head while off-duty outside Revere High School.Earlier in the afternoon, a police officer ripped down two cardboard signs that also read “Free Lodie” outside 254 Cooledge St., which is part of the public housing projects.A police report about the incident with the handgun was not available Monday night, but Police Chief Terence Reardon said it started as a confrontation on the sidewalk in front of Brooks between Starkey’s stepson, who also wearing a “Free Lodie” T-shirt and an outraged citizen.Reardon said during the confrontation between the citizen and the youth, the elder Starkey got involved and the situation escalated. Within moments, police arrived.”You have to wonder what goes through people’s minds,” Reardon said.Also arrested at the parade was Starkey’s wife, Heidi Picardi, 35, who was charged with interfering with a police officer, assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. The couple lives at 8 Atlas Ave. in Saugus.Starkey telephoned the Item Monday night and gave his version of what happened. He said the confrontation began after his stepson, Mikey Picardi, 20, was wearing a “Free Lodie” shirt and was threatened by a man who pulled out a handgun.Starkey said he intervened and took the shirt off his stepson before putting it on himself. He said he is licensed to carry a firearm, but never pulled it out during the confrontation.”I took off his shirt and put it on me,” Starkey said. “I didn’t even get two words out and a guy hit me and pulled gun out on me.”Starkey claims both he and his stepson were beat up and police never arrested the person who did it.When asked if he was concerned his stepson was associating with an alleged cop killer, Starkey said Mikey became friends with Lodie after hanging out with “the wrong crowd.””I am [concerned] but there’s nothing I can do about it. He’s been hanging around the wrong crowd since he was 13. At 20, there’s nothing I can do,” Starkey said.The resident of 254 Cooledge St., Amanda MacNeil, 22, said she was aware someone planned to wear “Free Lodie” shirts at the parade. MacNeil also said she placed the pro-Lodie signs in front of her public-assisted home.”He (a police officer) took it down and I said, ‘there’s going to be another one put up,'” said MacNeil, the mother of a 16-month-old boy.MacNeil said Lodie was her friend and used to live with her. She said he was partying at her house and never left her home the night of Talbot’s murder.Reardon, who said the signs were “very inflammatory,” explained police officers were trying their best to hold back their emotions on Monday.”You have to handle yourself professionally as far as your feelings go,” he said. “It’s all part of the job.”