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Man arrested for throwing 'Batman-style throwing star' at Seattle police

Photo from the Seattle Police Department. 

SEATTLE — A man was arrested Monday on Capitol Hill after threatening a bouncer with a homemade spear and then throwing a “sharp, black Batman-style throwing star” at pursuing officers, police said.

The throwing star became embedded in a Seattle patrol SUV.

Police arrived at the Capitol Hill bar Monday around 6:30 p.m. after the man reportedly swung an improvised spear -- a knife attached to a metal pole -- at a bar employee at East Olive Way and East Denny Way.

After a pursuit, officers took the 23-year-old man into custody.

He was taken to the King County Jail for felony assault.

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