http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/city_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2422_1661447,00.html

By Mary Butler, Camera Staff Writer
January 9, 2003

A 32-year-old Boulder man who had opened his apartment's patio door to
enjoy Wednesday's unusually warm weather was later overheard screaming
threats and seen waving what appeared to be a handgun, prompting a
maintenance worker to call police.

Officers, as a precaution, evacuated the man's apartment building and
called SWAT officers to assist in defusing the situation.

It turned out that the man was simply upset at his computer - which he
had called a "bitch" he "wanted to kill," police said - and the gun
was a plastic pellet gun, not the .45-caliber automatic handgun it was
made to resemble.

"It was alarming and concerning and expensive for us, but the man's
conduct didn't warrant any criminal charges," Deputy Police Chief Dave
Hayes said.

Three people were evacuated from the man's eight-unit building, at
3350 Bridger Trail in the Remington Post condominium complex at the
intersection of 30th Street and Iris Avenue.

The 3 p.m. incident was resolved by about 4:30 p.m. The man, whose
name wasn't released because he wasn't arrested on suspicion of any
crime, was cooperative once police contacted him. Police did not
confiscate the pellet gun, but with the man's permission, they took
another firearm from his home "for safekeeping."

"He was very surprised, embarrassed and apologetic," Hayes said.

Hundreds of people driving near the housing complex - which is
adjacent to banks, a grocery store and the Alterra retirement
community - were detoured as police officers directed traffic to keep
residents of the complex from going home. Many people watched from
sidewalks to find out why SWAT officers were carrying large rifles
around the housing complex.

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