KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — An umbrella sparked a scare at a Seattle-area hospital after it was mistaken for a rifle.
KOMO reports an employee of Evergreen Medical Center in Kirkland, Washington, noticed a visitor Wednesday morning carrying a backpack that had a long-handled item sticking from the top of it.
Evergreen Health spokeswoman Kay Taylor said surveillance video was reviewed but it wasn't clear what the object was. As a precaution the facility was locked down and the hospital sent out the surveillance photo.
The man in the photo recognized himself and contacted hospital security to let them know it was an umbrella with a handle that's shaped like a sword.
Police confirmed it was not a weapon and the lockdown was lifted.
- Posted January 18, 2018
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Umbrella mistaken for weapon causes hospital lockdown
headlines Macomb
- New leadership team takes helm at State Bar
- Governor signs legislation to protect Michigan children, consumers, and communities
- Nessel argues to cut Consumers Energy rate hike in half
- Detroit man bound over on two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution
- Howell man arraigned for allegedly threatening judge
headlines National
- Melissa Hart, the chair of the ABA Legal Ed council, dies
- Judge suspended after indictment over alleged perjury
- Bill Withers’ music publisher files copyright suit over Olivia Dean’s ‘I’ve Seen It’
- Judge reinstates US attorney in Washington fired by Trump
- Interim law dean of University of Florida named to permanent role
- Clio acquires Learned Hand, an AI company for courts, judges
