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Armed man 'protecting' local military recruiting office is told he's worrying people

By Rob Mackay
FOX 13 Seattle
Published July 20, 2015 4:27 PM PDT
Published July 20, 2015 4:27 PM PDT

SILVERDALE, Wash. -- A man who apparently decided to protect a military recruiting station in a local shopping center was asked by police Monday to put his rifle and shotgun away because he was frightening people, the Kitsap Sun reported.

Kitsap County sheriff's deputy Scott Wilson said that at about 1:30 p.m. Monday, deputies took cover around the man who was sitting in a beach chair outside the recruiting center and displaying an American flag, the news website said.

The deputies told the man that he was worrying people and they asked him to put his rifle and shotgun out of sight in his vehicle, which he did, Wilson said, adding that the deputies estimated the man's age as about 18.

The man's actions apparently were in response to the killing of four unarmed Marines and a sailor at recruiting facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn., last Thursday by a lone gunman, who was later killed by police.