Crossbow Gets Man In Trouble

I don’t know if this guy was a good guy or a bad guy, but I do know it’s not a good idea to point any weapon at anyone.

WILKES-BARRE –  People walking near Public Square in Wilkes-Barre said they faced a man who was armed with a crossbow.

Police swarmed onto South Main Street after a 911 call came in.

Within seconds, Newswatch 16 found the man surrounded by Wilkes-Barre police.

He was just hit with a Taser stun gun and a crossbow was on the sidewalk.

Raymond Rittenhouse of Nanticoke said he left Boscov’s with his friends when he encountered the armed man and called police.

“He pointed it at all of us and he said you know, he just started chasing us,” said Rittenhouse.

Newswatch 16′s Bill Wadell talked with the man in handcuffs after he was seen pointing a crossbow at people in downtown Wilkes-Barre.

“I was taking it out to the woods but I took a crossbow walk and it just so happens I ended up here…. I was not going to hurt nobody,” said the unnamed man police took into custody.

People who witnessed the arrest. Say police were there within seconds.

Shoppers are thankful no one was hurt.
Source: http://wnep.com/2014/11/17/man-pointing-crossbow-at-shoppers-arrested/

One has to wonder why was he walking in the woods with a crossbow, was it a hunting area? Did he wanted to practice archery? Did the people who called the cops provoke him in some way? There are too many questions, I will not judge him until I know all the facts.

 

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