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Gunman Shuts Down 101 Freeway

From KTLA:

SANTA BARBARA -- A portion of Highway 101 is closed in both directions in downtown Santa Barbara after a masked gunman was spotted on a freeway overpass.

Witnesses say the gunman, wearing brown fatigues and a black ski mask, was spotted waving a gun around on the La Cumbre overpass around 7:10 a.m. Monday.

Sergeant Lorenzo Duarte with the Santa Barbara Police Department says the man was armed with a revolver and was also waving an American flag. Some witnesses say the man shouted anti-Obama slogans.

Posted by Tyler Suchman on November 3, 2008 11:14 AM | | | Gunman Shuts Down 101 Freeway

Comments (4)

this incident was covered live by KEYT (ABC affiliate in SB) for most of the morning .. KEYT also featured the story on their newscast at 11 pm Monday .. the man is a 27 year old resident of SB and an Iraq war veteran .. he was carrying a revolver during the standoff and surrendered the unloaded gun to the police about an hour before he was taken into custody .. he waved an American flag during the 3-4 hour standoff and tacked it up on the fence surrounding the overpass before he surrendered .. for comprehensive coverage and comments about this story check out www.edhat.com which is an independent interactive Web site for SB and surrounding communities with links and posts from various media and eclectic sources

Comment #1 Posted by: vickie | November 4, 2008 06:39 PM

BTW > the young man was given permission to tack up a pro-Obama sign along with the American flag before he was taken into custody ... according to his statement to KEYT News, he is concerned that very few people who voted in the recent election have any idea about the conditions that our soldiers in Iraq are enduring as they serve our country on a daily basis > as in 24/7 ..... year after year .....

Comment #2 Posted by: vickie | November 5, 2008 07:34 PM

Thank you for posting this Vickie.

Comment #3 Posted by: Suza | November 5, 2008 08:50 PM

what i intended to say in my previous post is that the young man is concerned that most of us have NO idea about the conditions our soldiers are enduring in Iraq .. i was astounded to see the KEY News live coverage of this incident on monday morning .. i have only watched "the view" once or twice before in my entire life because i virtually never turn the TV on in the morning but for some reason i decided to tune in on monday .. for more coverage and comments and background about what happened i encourage everyone to visit www.edhat.com .. it's an AWESOME interactive Web site .....

Comment #4 Posted by: vickie | November 6, 2008 09:26 AM

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