Seattle police stop man with device taped to body

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By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

SEATTLE -- A man wrapped in duct tape alarmed people in downtown Seattle Friday morning by making threats and walking around with a pipe taped to his arm before surrendering.

The man, whose name was not released, complied with officers who rushed to the scene and voluntarily removed the suspicious device, which had a wire attached, said police spokesman Mark Jamieson.

A bomb squad was investigating whether it was explosive but Jamieson said it looks "real enough."

"At this point, we don't know what it is," Jamieson said after the man and the device were both moved from the area.

The man in his 40s, dressed in black, was taken into custody for questioning.

Brian Johnson, director of a nearby men's shelter, told KING-TV that a man walked into the shelter, saying he was a vampire and needed food.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_us_seattle_bomb_threat.html

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. mentally ill

[paulsby]

2. ya think?

lol.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. yeah. lol

[piratefish08]

11. or a vampire.

[RaleighNCDUer]

12. Not a mentally ill vampire, I hope.

THAT would be scary.

[MrCoffee]

3. That's about 3 blocks away

I wondered what was going on.

[icymist]

4. Yeah, that's Seattle all right.

Vampires with bombs.

[MrCoffee]

5. !!!

:spray: :rofl: :spray:

[paulsby]

8. he made the daytrip from forks

apparently.

[uppityperson]

7. Too bad it's cloudy out today or he might have sparkled.

[icymist]

9. That damn 'Twilight', ruins a good vampires' reputation!

eom

[uppityperson]

10. Way. nt

[paulsby]

13. great photos of this incident at link

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/87405322.html

also note: apparently armed man COMPLIES with police...

and is NOT shot.

i can GUARANTEE he would have been if he didn't

the lesson here is twofold.

1) comply with police
2) the police routinely make high risk arrests of armed people WITHOUT shooting them. in almost all cases (but not all), when cops shoot it is because the suspect escalates/instigates.

great job by SPD btw