Bryan
06-04-2013, 09:02 PM
I can bet these guys got a bit of grief back at the station for this...
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Los Angeles Police stormed video game company Robotoki headquarters Last Friday night in what turned into an armed standoff with a life-sized Call of Duty statue.
After an unknown employee hit the ‘panic’ button within the office that immediately alerts police, LAPD entered the game developer’s studio around 7 PM and detained the studio head before centering in on the life-sized Call of Duty ‘Ghost’ statue. Based on a special forces character from the game, the statue can be seen above wearing military-grade equipment and wielding an AR-15. Visible from outside the offices, the police spotted the realistic statue from outside and assumed they were facing a hostage/terror situation.
Read more: http://www.storyleak.com/lapd-standoff-with-call-of-duty-video-game-statue/#ixzz2VJ5UfaiO
Local news coverage w/ video:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/05/31/life-size-call-of-duty-statue-perplexes-lapd-in-game-studio-raid/
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Los Angeles Police stormed video game company Robotoki headquarters Last Friday night in what turned into an armed standoff with a life-sized Call of Duty statue.
After an unknown employee hit the ‘panic’ button within the office that immediately alerts police, LAPD entered the game developer’s studio around 7 PM and detained the studio head before centering in on the life-sized Call of Duty ‘Ghost’ statue. Based on a special forces character from the game, the statue can be seen above wearing military-grade equipment and wielding an AR-15. Visible from outside the offices, the police spotted the realistic statue from outside and assumed they were facing a hostage/terror situation.
Read more: http://www.storyleak.com/lapd-standoff-with-call-of-duty-video-game-statue/#ixzz2VJ5UfaiO
Local news coverage w/ video:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/05/31/life-size-call-of-duty-statue-perplexes-lapd-in-game-studio-raid/