Good thing no one was killed
Heh:
When police spotted a gun-wielding suspect lurking in the shadows of a suburban front room, their response was swift.
Armed officers burst into the house, shouted at the owner to lie on the floor, and ordered him to surrender his weapon.
But efficiency turned to embarrassment when the “gunman” turned out to be a life-sized model of the video game character Lara Croft, complete with trademark outsized pistols.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Errmmm … last year’s story. Check out the date.
Was your broadband down when this one made the rounds?
May 27th, 2008 at 10:54 am
guess so.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
So did he get any cash for this flop out by cops?
May 27th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
It was in the UK … they tried to find an excuse to prosecute him for alarming people with depictions of firearms, but gave up because it was getting too silly and too embarrassing.
May 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Police ego is a real and dangerous thing.
May 27th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Looks like they held the homeowner for 13 hrs anyways.
May 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
OOPS
May 27th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Well, kids have been expelled from public schools in the U.S. for the unspeakable crime of drawing pictures of guns. We’re not far behind in the race to full-on mass insanity.