I doubt this is one of our members
Notice the motive . . . an anti-war protest. So why does a pacifist have a gun?
Notice the motive . . . an anti-war protest. So why does a pacifist have a gun?
Armed Man Waving Flag Shuts Down California Freeway
Monday, November 03, 2008
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A masked gunman waving an American flag on a Highway 101 overpass shut down the freeway for hours just west of downtown on Monday as police negotiated with him.
Police Sgt. Lorenzo Duarte said the unidentified man, wearing a ski mask and brown fatigues, was waving the flag with one hand and had a handgun in the other when officers arrived on the La Cumbre Avenue overpass just after 7:10 a.m.
No shots were fired. A police special weapons and tactics team and a crisis negotiation team were using a bullhorn to communicate with the man. Nearly three hours into the siege he put the handgun on the ground but police did not immediately move in.
As for the man's motive, Duarte said, "The reason appears to be anti-war, but I don't know the specifics."
But the sergeant said no one knows who the man is or what he wants.
The freeway was shut down in both directions and the California Highway Patrol reported at 10 a.m. that traffic was backed up at least three miles in each direction.
Motorists stuck on the freeway got out of their vehicles and chatted or waved at media helicopters.
The La Cumbre overpass links the exclusive Hope Ranch and La Cumbre Golf & Country Club on the south to the La Cumbre Plaza shopping mall and State Street to the northeast. Santa Barbara is 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Monday, November 03, 2008
FOXNews.com - Armed Man Waving Flag Shuts Down California Freeway - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A masked gunman waving an American flag on a Highway 101 overpass shut down the freeway for hours just west of downtown on Monday as police negotiated with him.
Police Sgt. Lorenzo Duarte said the unidentified man, wearing a ski mask and brown fatigues, was waving the flag with one hand and had a handgun in the other when officers arrived on the La Cumbre Avenue overpass just after 7:10 a.m.
No shots were fired. A police special weapons and tactics team and a crisis negotiation team were using a bullhorn to communicate with the man. Nearly three hours into the siege he put the handgun on the ground but police did not immediately move in.
As for the man's motive, Duarte said, "The reason appears to be anti-war, but I don't know the specifics."
But the sergeant said no one knows who the man is or what he wants.
The freeway was shut down in both directions and the California Highway Patrol reported at 10 a.m. that traffic was backed up at least three miles in each direction.
Motorists stuck on the freeway got out of their vehicles and chatted or waved at media helicopters.
The La Cumbre overpass links the exclusive Hope Ranch and La Cumbre Golf & Country Club on the south to the La Cumbre Plaza shopping mall and State Street to the northeast. Santa Barbara is 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles.