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SEATTLE — A man was arrested Monday on Capitol Hill in Seattle 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.
Man arrested after hurling Batarang at cop car (not Batman): https://t.co/zokAN7oZst pic.twitter.com/BkkPPZcVqn
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) July 27, 2016
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.
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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