Man Arrested After Running Down Capitol Hill Streets With Loaded Handgun

Posted by | September 30, 2014 08:30 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics Top Stories


A 31-year-old man (not pictured) was arrested early Saturday morning after reportedly running down crowded Capitol Hill streets with a loaded handgun, according to the Seattle Police Department

According to KOMO News, police received a number of 911 calls about a man with a gun running near Broadway and East Union Street around 2:00 a.m. just as the neighborhood’s bars and clubs were closing down.

When officres caught up with the suspect in a parking lot, he reportedly hid behind a truck.

Because no one notices a crazy man with a gun standing behind a tree.

The suspect dropped a loaded gun and was arrested without incident, according to the police.

The suspect is on federal probation and was booked for investigation of unlawful possession of a firearm.

There’s more.

Another man was seen brandishing and firing a gun within the compound of the Ethiopian Embassy in northwest Washington, DC. and had to be detained and questioned by Secret Service agents Monday morning.

In a video, the man can be seen holding the gun in the air, as people around him on a plaza inside the Embassy gates attempt to talk him down. The man lowers the gun and a shot is heard. Police said no one was injured. 

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10 responses to Man Arrested After Running Down Capitol Hill Streets With Loaded Handgun

  1. uzza September 30th, 2014 at 08:53

    Must be Open Carry Texas, starting up a new branch.

  2. uzza September 30th, 2014 at 08:53

    Must be Open Carry Texas, starting up a new branch.

  3. R.J. Carter September 30th, 2014 at 09:44

    Until they patch the White House’s screen door and put a new hook-and-eye lock on it, authorities are gonna be pretty nervous about people running around the Capitol with a weapon.

    • tracey marie September 30th, 2014 at 11:03

      that was hilarious

  4. R.J. Carter September 30th, 2014 at 09:44

    Until they patch the White House’s screen door and put a new hook-and-eye lock on it, authorities are gonna be pretty nervous about people running around the Capitol with a weapon.

    • tracey marie September 30th, 2014 at 11:03

      that was hilarious

  5. tiredoftea September 30th, 2014 at 12:08

    I see the NRA’s new obstacle course is doing well.

  6. tiredoftea September 30th, 2014 at 12:08

    I see the NRA’s new obstacle course is doing well.

  7. Cosmic_Surfer September 30th, 2014 at 19:43

    Adam Kokesh, is that you?

  8. Cosmic_Surfer September 30th, 2014 at 19:43

    Adam Kokesh, is that you?

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