Charges were filed against two men arrested on November 19 after a SWAT raid on Leary turned up a stolen vehicle and an arsenal of stolen weapons. SeattleCrime.com reported last week that King County prosecutors have filed weapons charges against the men, both who are convicted felons.
When SWAT, detectives, and members of the Major Crimes Taskforce searched the garage, records say police found found several shotguns, rifles, and handguns, along with ammunition, silencers, and pipe bombs.”There was evidence that the occupants were using the structure as a shooting gallery,” police documents say, noting that loaded firearms were kept in a sleeping area in the building. “The most logical area to sleep had a shotgun in plain-sight,” records say.
The police standoff closed off traffic around Leary and 8th for several hours. You can read the full update here.