SEATTLE — Seattle Police Department officers arrested a man on a federal fugitive warrant in Capitol Hill last week, recovering a semi-automatic handgun in the process.
According to SPD, patrol officers responded to a report of a man passed out in the driver’s seat of a car near 12th Avenue and East Pine Street at 7:27 a.m. on Sunday, July 7.
Officers reportedly found the man armed with a semi-automatic handgun, which was safely removed while he was arrested.
After looking into the man’s identity, officers discovered that the 39-year-old was wanted by the United States Marshals Service (USMS) for parole violation due to cocaine possession.
The man was arrested for the warrant and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, and booked into King County Jail. The USMS was notified of his arrest, while detectives with the SPD Gun Violence Reduction Unit will be investigating.
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