Police in Seattle have arrested a 21-year-old man armed with a shotgun, pistol, and carrying a number of rounds of ammunition close to the House Needle throughout Seattle’s New 12 months’s Eve celebration, authorities stated.
On New 12 months’s Eve at roughly 7:20 p.m., patrol officers in Seattle responded to reviews of a person sitting on a bench close to the Pacific Science Middle holding {a partially} hid shotgun, in keeping with an announcement from the Seattle Police Division.
“Witnesses noticed him holding the gun by the grip, inflicting alarm, whereas dealing with the world the place spectators had been gathering for the fireworks show,” police stated. “The suspect, sporting all black clothes and a purple hat with “WAR” written on it, cooperated with police.”
Officers safely recovered the shotgun and the suspect, who was additionally armed with a handgun, had a legitimate hid carry allow, police stated.
Police assigned to the occasion middle arrested the person with out incident, authorities stated.
Seattle Police Division’s arson bomb squad had been capable of find the suspect’s automobile and swept the automobile for potential weapons or explosives, although none had been discovered and it was decided the automobile didn’t pose a risk, officers confirmed.
Police subsequently booked the suspect into the King County Jail for illegal use of weapons and detectives reviewing the case referred prison prices to the Metropolis Lawyer’s Workplace, authorities stated.
The investigation into the incident is at present ongoing.
