SEATTLE — Bike patrol officers with the Seattle Police Department arrested an armed felon on Thursday after he pulled a gun on a man during an argument in the Belltown neighborhood.
Police said a group of three men were arguing at 3rd Ave. and Bell Street around 12:45 a.m. when they saw a 29-year-old man pull a revolver out of his pocket and point it at another man.
The 29-year-old man then left the scene, and was quickly arrested by police.
KIRO 7 will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
"Officers learned the 29-year-old man was a convicted felon, unable to legally possess firearms. Police booked him into the King County Jail for unlawful possession of a firearm and several warrants," Seattle Police said in a blotter post.
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