A 59-year-old man was arrested Saturday morning at the Travelodge Hotel in Aberdeen after allegedly discharging a firearm and not responding to police in the aftermath. No one was reported injured.
A woman in a room at the hotel called police to report that the suspect allegedly came after her with a shotgun and that the weapon discharged when she grabbed him. She fled the room, according to the Aberdeen Police Department.
The man had been contacted earlier by police — just after 1 a.m. — regarding his report that a handgun had been stolen from him. It appeared at the time that the man had been drinking, police said.
After the firearm discharge, police believed that the suspect could still be in the room and may have possessed two shotguns and possibly two handguns. Crisis negotiators attempted to contact the suspect by phone and bullhorn to no avail. The regional Crisis Response Unit (CRU) and the city’s new armored vehicle, called an MRAP, were called to the scene.
The hotel then notified all of the guests by phone, and the ones closest to the room on the first floor were asked by police to leave. Three blocks of Wishkah and nearby streets were closed as the armored vehicle and other vehicles were deployed to the scene.
A short time after the armored vehicle arrived, the man came to the door of his room and was arrested and taken to the Aberdeen Jail. He is being held on suspicion of first-degree assault.
The Crisis Response Unit involves officers from Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Montesano, as well as deputies from the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office.
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