January 19, 2012 Knife wielding man at Riverside mall arrested www.privateofficer.com
RIVERSIDE, Calif. Jan 19 2012 – Police arrested a man Tuesday after he allegedly pulled a knife on a security guard Riverside shopping mall before leading officers on a short foot chase.
Officers responded about 3:35 p.m. to the Galleria at Tyler to a report that a security guard was keeping tabs on a man who pulled a knife on him earlier in the day, according to a news release issued by the Riverside Police Department. When police arrived to confront him, the man, identified as Guy Reed, 31, of Riverside, took off running.
Reed ran across Tyler Street, through traffic, and made his way to an adjacent Target store, police said. There he stopped and turned to face the officers, still holding the knife.
Officers ordered Reed to drop the knife but he refused. Instead, he held the knife to his own throat.
Reed allegedly began cutting his own throat with the knife and officers shocked him with a Taser, immobilizing him. The officers then rushed in and took him into custody, according to the news release.
Police recovered the knife and found several other knives “…secreted in various places on (Reed’s) body,” according to the news release.
Paramedics took Reed to a nearby hospital where he was treated for self-inflicted, non-life-threatening wounds, officials said. Officers then arrested him on suspicion of carrying a concealed knife, brandishing a knife and resisting police.
He was booked at Robert Presley Detention Center in downtown Riverside.
Source:KTLA.com
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