Update 11:45 a.m: A man with a “very realistic looking Airsoft gun” walked into the 7-Eleven on Leary Way on Saturday night, sparking a strange standoff that closed Leary Way and ended with the suspect in custody.
It began just before 11 p.m. “I was in there and he was chugging a beer and then poured half of it on his head,” says a witness in comments below. “I payed for my stuff and left, and started walking out and he put a gun on top of his head. At that point I left and the first cop was pulling in.” Fortunately, employees and customers were able to escape as police surrounded the building.
A SWAT team and negotiator were called, and they watched as the man danced around the store, cleaning and exercising (some of which we observed from our vantage point nearby). “We’d like you to come out so we can be sure you’re OK,” the negotiator said over the loudspeaker “It’s a little unusual for you to be inside a 7-Eleven by yourself, doing exercises and calisthenics.”
In between the activity, the man would sit on the floor as the negotiator tried repeatedly to convince the man to listen to him. At one point, SWAT set off a flash-bang to get the man’s attention.
Finally, at 1:40 a.m., the man put on his jacket and exited the store with his arms in the air, where he was met with a SWAT team at gunpoint. Police say “a very realistic looking Airsoft gun was in a holster on the suspect’s belt.” The suspect was transported to a hospital for a mental evaluation, and he’ll be booked in jail upon his release. (Thanks Silver for alerting us to the story!)
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Oh no, hopefully the robber gives up and doesn't hurt anyone.
Suspect has a gun in the waistband from what I hear on the scanner. 6 or 7 people were running out of the parking lot as the suspect was waiving the gun in the air.
Wearing a police type belt and holster.
he just put his hair in a ponytail and is now doing calisthenics
Getting ready for prison, I imagine.
I was in there and he was chugging a beer and then poured half of it on his head. Thinking he was just some drunk homeless guy on too many drugs I asked the cashier if I called the police and he said yes. I payed for my stuff and left, and started walking out and he put a gun on top of his head. At that point I left and the first cop was pulling in.
SWAT is calling in for body armor.
They are driving the bearcat, the SWAT armored truck type thing up to the front of the store in a couple of min.
The hostage negotiators should be arriving soon.
Thank goodness, Mr. Singh (assuming due to his religion) is a great guy, I was worried he was stuck inside.
tkwsu82 – thanks so much for posting!
Thanks for posting, Mongo. For some reason I'm not hearing the channel they are on now.
They are gearing up and moving into position now, it will probably be slow for a bit unless he forces the issue.
i know there was one guy behind me paying when he pulled the gun out. So there was 2 people left inside, the man paying and the store clerk. Dont know if they got out.
They just asked for one sniper to be put into position.
Media relations just showed up so we may get some info from the swedes soon.
The subject just lit a pipe, no menti0n of what kind.
They are going on top of the building across Leary – decided against having a sniper on Big 5.
If he's classy, maybe one like this:
http://workbench.cadenhead.org/media/sherlock-h…
pjp was kind enough to give me the talk group number for Tac 1 channel so now I can listen along!
Are the “Zebra” units SWAT?
typically yes but they can be other special units.
how do i listen to the tact channel
It sounds like he is cleaning the floor now and the cops are moving in
Sweet… he's cleaning up the place now (“with a broom or a mop”).
It is talk group 3440
Tact channel? I like it! ;-)
We're listening to “Tac 1″ which is short for Tactical Channel One.”
Thanks! I think I knew that at one point…
He walked to the north side of the store, he is wearing a wetsuit and the gun is in the holster
Yeah – “The suspect is wearing a wetsuit, a holster with a gun in it and several “speed loaders.” “
The store manager just arrived with keys for the store.
That explains why he was mopping up… maybe he had a trail of water behind him.
Ha! He came up through the sewer!
00:54, moving in.
The story above has been updated.
one of the officers is looking for a sketch of the interior of the building – interested in places the suspect could hide. I haven't heard anything on radio indicating that they have entered the building. Can anyone advise?
Or he was planing for the Slurpee shower he took earlier.
sound like gas is going in
No they just lit up the lights and sirens on the bearcat. They will probably start talking to him on the PA soon.
They are discussing ” air spaces” he could hide if they gas the building
http://www.komonews.com/news/content/scanner/31…
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Cool!!
Is the Komo Live Scanner a good tool to have in my favorites. Is it specific to areas of Seattle or Seattle as a whole?
That page needs a chatroom.
That is a good question!
I just heard the sound of a flash bang or something. Did any of you hear it?
From my experience it hops from one frequency to another when there is ~5s of silence on the current frequency. Thus you get a smattering from all over the city.
Always enjoyable on Friday and Saturday nights to hear all of the crap that the guys over in the U Dist have to put up with.
Suspect is sitting in the corner of the store.
yes I'm in the Gilman park neighborhood so it was loud here.
Yes this scanner is specific to Seattle Police/Fire only, it scans both city police and fire unencrypted bands simultaneously.
It's the one I use from time to time. I'm no expert but it seems to cover cen com and then many unit to unit communications. It can get confusing with all the different incidents but you begin to recognize the voices. Such as tonight at Ballard.
Of course the meat goes down on the tactical channels (Tac 1 at the 7-11) but I know nothing about accessing these.
The dog is not amused by the bang.
Does it scan all of the tactical channels?
It's downright NASTY over there. Especially around 45th and 15th.
I wonder if there is a live scanner for just the Ballard Greenwood area that is online. I have never listened to a scanner. It's amazing all the things going on and how you could easily get hooked into listening to these. It's 1:20am and I'm still awake lol
Muhahaha! Welcome to the dark side!
sound like there getting a door spreader
I don't believe so, at least not that I've noticed, you can hear officers every so often requesting to switch over to a secure channel, but as far as tactical you're probably better off going with a digital trunked police/fire scanner.
I wonder why? Isn't the front door unlocked?
i guess i dont know
It is amazing. For instance apparently there is party with 50 people and a live band over at 46th and Baker. Do you know where your kid are?
Oooh more booms noises for ya.
It's all I can do to follow north police and city-wide fire.
Listening to more than one police precinct would mess me up.
I'm going to bed. I could listen all night lol. I'm glad everyone is safe. Goodnight Silver
That was the best outcome you could ask of that situation, him just walking out and giving up. It is great that no one got hurt.
So that they could break into the rear door of 7/11 had they needed to storm the place.
Good night! Now try to sleep. ;-)
Absolutely!
Oh crap. Ambulance has an ETA of 30 – 40 minutes!
Wow! I didn't know komonews had a scanner. Really cool. I'm glad the guy gave himself up…I was praying for those officers. Good night(:
We've had issues with a guy on my street who does weird exercises next to the road. He has long wavy brown hair, in his early 30s, bearded. Anyone know any more details about what this guy looks like?
I'm up too late. I release me.
Ha! Sleep well!
I think he had shoulder length hair. He put it in a pony tail at one point.
Good night, all. I'm off to bed!
That shouldn't have made me snort, but it did.
Wow. Maybe they can release him into MY custody.
seems like you are talking about this “trip powers” guy who lives in a motor home usually parked by the power station thing just north of leary on 15th. anyone know what is up with him?
night night(:
Latest word is, the kook was Pastor Driscoll preparing for this morning's sermon about humanitarian hypocrisy.
Re: local scanners, according to the Komo site, “Locally you should check out the Intercept Northwest Web site and message boards, and the Radio Reference site has a large community of users who can help you get started.”
Not in this city.
More likely he'll be given a subsidized apartment to hang out in and do drugs all day when he's not robbing convenience stores.
It's great living in an Urban Village!
“I 'payed' for my stuff…”
Is there a professional journalist on scene, or anybody who can spell?
I was driving down Leary to work early last week, this was before 6 am, and the streets were empty. There was some lunatic on the sidewalk with long, wild-looking hair, dressed strangely in some sort of a “Michelin Man” jumpsuit. Now, I've lived around here long enough to not even notice strange looking characters, but this guy was playing a guitar (or at least pretending he was), and he was jumping up and down and screaming (singing?), gyrating, and really working himself up into a froth. If it had been during the Solstice Parade, or even on any evening in Fremont, it would have fit in perfectly. But it was like 5:45 in the morning on a cold, drizzley January morning, and the streets were deserted. He seemed to be completely round the bend, raving out there all by himself.
Maybe the same guy?
The RadioReference.com site is amazing.
I have used both of those sites to research questions I had, and to ask questions when I got stuck. The Radio Reference people seemed better to answer my questions in plain english.
Hey, John – I can understand your consternation, but the reason that “paid” is spelled that way is that the witness typed it that way into the forums. ;-)
It was late, and he just had a guy with a gun pour beer on himself next to him. I doubt I would be worried about my spelling at that point either.
No John, there was not. That's why you are here seeking your “news”. Comes with the territory. The whining doesn't help. Go back to bed, get out the other side.
“Thank goodness, Mr. Singh (assuming due to his religion) is a great guy, I was worried he was stuck inside.”
thanks mongo. we need more ethnocentric stereotyping from yahoos like you glued to your precious little scanner.
OOooooo! Envy much?
I was just getting to sleep last night when I heard the flash bang. I was good to read that everyone was ok and got away from this nut case. We will probably see more of this as more and more people make their way into Ballard. Crimes are on the rise…
Does this 7-11 have “come here if you're crazy, stupid, AND have a gun” sign on it somewhere? This poor store can't seem to catch a break!
mental health at its worst
Great work on SPD's part in resolving this without any injury to either side. Wonder if he was high. The downside is jerks like this tie up valuable resources as incidents continue otherwise. But again, good work on our officers part and kudos to witnesses for providing them with detailed info.
fiddler crab,
Maybe you should educate yourself about some world religions.
http://www.sikhwomen.com/SikhNames/
I was not doing it do do any stereotyping, he is a very religious man, and I have talked to him about it several times.
I have been going to his store for years and I consider him a friend, and I was concerned about his safety as a friend. I had actually been in the store an hour before this happened and I knew he was the one working. I never asked his name but if it is a very safe assumption.
“Does this 7-11 have “come here if you're crazy, stupid, AND have a gun” sign on it somewhere?”
No, that's what the city puts on the “Welcome to Ballard” signs.
So was this the same nutter who's camped out in the silver RV on 8th/Leary?
The seattle times is reporting it was an airsoft pistol (shoots plastic pellets)
woo hoo, go airsoft.
go back to irc mongo.
Interesting, mongo. I knew Sikh men tended to be named Singh but never knew why.
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Yesterday, “Trip Powers” motor-home was towed. I really do think it was him. He had been visually changing his motor-home every day up till that Saturday, and he walked up Leary a lot. I have video footage of him during some of his fits.