Comments on: Police: Man not connected to officer shooting

By: Silver

Silver — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:44:29 +0000

Please don't feed the troll.

By: williambonney

williambonney — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:09:10 +0000

im glad the cop was killed, i hope monfort lives, i really do.

By: blueben

blueben — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:09:37 +0000

People with axes to grind look for grinding wheels everywhere.

By: superbrett

superbrett — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:37:03 +0000

I was at the Lock and Keel when the SWAT team showed up. To be honest, I had no idea what was going on… 3 or 4 SWAT guys came in with machine guns and I asked one of them what was going on and he said, “don't worry about it, we're looking for someone.” I walked outside to smoke a ciggarette with my friends and all roads were blocked off and at least 15-20 marked and unmarked cop cars were spead up and down the street. It was rumored though out the bar the man arrested was the Brenton killer. After 15-20 minutes of this fiasco the streets cleared and at that point, we decided to leave.

Turns out that the man was not the Brenton killer but, I'm a little uneasy knowing some drunk ass brought a gun into the bar and was obviously super emotional.. Going to the Tractor tonight, Hopefully no repeats!

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:08:34 +0000

Why don't you make up your mind! You're saying the police are being hysterical for this but on the Greenwood arson post you're saying they're not doing enough. Just curious, but what background do you have in police work? Watching CSI doesn't count, BTW.

By: Lube

Lube — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:48:09 +0000

Something tells me that the type of people that kill cops are not the sort to threaten them verbally. Of course, it could have been someone completely irrational.

By: motorrad

motorrad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:55:05 +0000

Lock the guy up for carrying a gun in bar, and being that STUPID and needing attention that badly! That is as stupid as making a bomb statement at airport ckeck-in.

By: nwkitty

nwkitty — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:45:02 +0000

So eric, are you saying that if someone shot and killed one of your family members and was coming after you and others in your family that you would not be hyper vigilant?

By: stopthebuzz

stopthebuzz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:43:51 +0000

to quote you back to yourself:

“You're no better then the people you judge.”

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:25:28 +0000

And when did this story get to be about the homeless?

By: ballardemican

ballardemican — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:18:29 +0000

really? someone liked this? we need machine guns to control the hobos? Is this Brazil?

By: Jules

Jules — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:18:19 +0000

Amen, brother.

By: angelatini

angelatini — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:14:30 +0000

You dork. hahaha
It was mounted to the shoulder of a very buff police officer. I was distracted by the arms. :)

By: Lathum

Lathum — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:08:39 +0000

Hopefully we get more of a police presence here in Ballard. Get rid of all the useless homeless people who plague us.

By: Silver

Silver — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:07:47 +0000

Angela! (Oh, this is so embarrassing!) When they are mounted on the patrol cars they are called "Gatling Guns."

Time to renew your subscription to Hollow Point Monthly!

;-) Please don't hurt me.

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:07:21 +0000

Thanks, Name. That puts it into a little better perspective.

By: ballardmike

ballardmike — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:03:38 +0000

Probably some dumb-ass drunk in all likelyhood (sp?).

By: kim

kim — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:15:30 +0000

machine guns? now that's hysteria! proof positive what the mind can do when under stress.

By: Silver

Silver — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:04:15 +0000

Nice reporting, guys! I'm curious to see where this will end up.

By: angelatini

angelatini — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:00:38 +0000

I was next door at Conor Byrne for the Blues Jam when this happened. All I heard is that there was a swarm of cops outside. I walked over to the door and there were literally about 15 police cruisers and unmarked cars with lights going crazy. They had suspect in custody, already in a car.

My friend was outside when they first got there, and said he was just smoking a cigarette and it was extremely quiet, and all of a sudden there were cops with machine guns surrounding him. The very first thing we all heard is that the suspect was arrested for possibly having something to do with the officer who was killed.

All I know is it was just completely surreal to see that much police presence in Ballard and to see machine guns in real life!

By: plasticbags

plasticbags — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:28:29 +0000

If what Name says is true, that's not really hysteria. It's a valid lead. That sounds different than someone just blowing off steam after getting a traffic ticket or something equally innocent.

By: Name

Name — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:22:35 +0000

According to scanner traffic before the arrest, a tip came in about a man with a gun in his waistband crying and saying he would be going away for a long time because of the officer that was killed (a gun in a bar is enough reason to arrest somebody anyway). Somebody else who was listening on the scanner wrote this: http://www.seattlecrime.com/2009/11/04/homicide...

By: eric

eric — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:07:34 +0000

oh boy, here we go. hysteria is gonna be the MO of the SPD now?