Calls of shots fired turns out to be drunk couple with fireworks
Mar 19, 2013, 10:21 AM | Updated: 10:22 am
Queen Anne residents were shaken up by what they believed to be gunshots and sounds of a woman crying around 3 a.m. Tuesday.
Seattle police report they received 30 to 40 calls from residents in the area reporting six to 10 shots fired, along with people running in the street and what was believed to be sounds of a woman crying.
When police responded they found several witnesses with varying reports of events. Witnesses pointed authorities to an apartment at 500 W. Mercer Street where those involved were believed to have fled.
Police contacted a 33-year-old man and 23-year-old woman inside. Both showed signs of intoxication and officers could smell marijuana.
The woman ended up explaining to officers what happened. She said she had not been crying, but rather laughing, and that there had been no gunshots, but instead the couple was shooting Roman Candle fireworks at each other.
Officers documented the incident and requested charges of Reckless Endangerment for the two suspects.
