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    Seattle police leave rifle unattended on cruiser

    SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police spokesman says the department is embarrassed after officers left a police rifle unattended on a patrol car outside a busy downtown area. Spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb says the department has launched an investigation.

    Whitcomb says two people spotted the rifle on the parked car. One flagged down bicycle officers to alert them. The other followed the cruiser as it drove through downtown Seattle and tracked down the driver after the car parked.

    The alternative weekly The Stranger first reported the incident, posting a picture that shows the rifle sitting on top of the trunk.

    Whitcomb says such rifles are assigned only to officers who have additional training. They're usually kept in the trunk or between the driver and passenger seats.

     

    596 comments

    • visaio  •  11 mths ago
      but this is normal, after all seattle has the highest concentration of losers and idiots in the entire country
      • visaio 11 mths ago
        ah thank you for correcting me..........
    • Washington  •  11 mths ago
      And it didn't kill anyone! Imagine that!
      • Alfa kid 11 mths ago
        The anti-gun nuts will have the whole incident killing half of Seattle ! ! !
      • athruz 11 mths ago
        wait... I thought people don't kill people, guns do... ??? I am confused. Why isn't this gun firing wildly into the crowd. Why is it sitting there like a pet rock?
      • A Yahoo! user 11 mths ago
        No it didn't. But thank goodness someone didn't grab it and decide to have a bit of fun with it.
    • Mark  •  11 mths ago
      They left the gun there to protect the car. Someone told them it was an automatic.
      • mud 11 mths ago
        That's funny
      • G 11 mths ago
        good one!
      • Mark 11 mths ago
        You would never see them leave donuts unguarded like that.
    • pat c  •  11 mths ago
      Thank God the rifle didn't jump off the car and go on a shooting spree.
      • DUB 11 mths ago
        According to anti-gun nuts, that's what guns do---they jump up and start shooting, ALL BY THEMSELVES!
      • THOMAS 11 mths ago
        Apparently.. you did not get the joke on Pat C's comment. And you started being political.
      • JJ 11 mths ago
        funny thats funny
    • AAAGGHH!  •  11 mths ago
      Oh thank God that rifle didn't start shooting anyone!
    • Tangy  •  11 mths ago
      LOL! LIBERALS! why is it?! every time! I HEAR! something retarded its some northern blue state place!
      • TimT 11 mths ago
        LOLZ! Yeah, when you're only watching conservative talk shows then that tends to be the negative stories you'll here. Apparently you Kool Aid only comes in red. But seriously, go get some perspective, for your own sake.
      • Tangy 11 mths ago
        tim! and! gdw! after you two! are done! sucking each other off! heres an idea! FUCK OFF!
      • IgboNewaki 11 mths ago
        Maybe You should douche and then You would not be "Tangy" ... loser!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  11 mths ago
      Just goes to show. Guns do not kill people, people kill people!!!
    • redcheeze  •  11 mths ago
      Sgt. Sean Whitcomb says the department has launched an investigation" what is there to investigate, there were either 1 or 2 cops left the rifle on the trunk,... how much time will be wasted "investigating" the obvious?
    • Retired SFC  •  11 mths ago
      You don't even want to know what would happen to you if you loss a weapon in the Army, it can also be career ending!
    • elizabeth  •  11 mths ago
      Looks like the fish tossers, coffee drinkers and peaceniks were afraid to touch it. Would have stayed there about 2 seconds in downtown Los Angeles.
    • Charles O  •  11 mths ago
      You and me would have been arrested!
    • Joshua  •  11 mths ago
      In my Marine Corps days (Sgt., 2000-2004) if I caught a marine more than arms length away from their rifle, they would be filling sandbags for weeks...or worse.
    • Jerry B  •  11 mths ago
      If I left a rifle on my car like that I'd be arrested and jailed for endangering the public. No excuses like everyone is making for the "poor overworked" cop. He should be held to an even higher standard... perhaps the standard that they give his testimony in court over mine.

      This guy nees to lose his job and some jail time for negligence.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  11 mths ago
      and yet they dont trust US with guns?
    • Washington  •  11 mths ago
      Awe say it an’t so Sam, we actually have another Barney Fife law enforcement officer.
    • roger  •  11 mths ago
      OOPS!
    • findit  •  11 mths ago
      i know my rifle is here somewhere,... 3 glaze and one chocolate please!
    • messershmidt987  •  11 mths ago
      put him on parking detail, what a yutz
    • Raymond  •  11 mths ago
      good thing this wasn't in chicago, you know some kid would have loved that opportunity. not trying to be sarcastic, just look at all the killings by kids, it's sad.
    • West  •  11 mths ago
      Who ever this officer is has got his head too far up his "you know what".
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