By Puneet Bsanti
The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — A Pierce County sheriff’s deputy used a lasso to capture a 32-year-old man over the weekend after the man allegedly threatened his parents with a chainsaw.
Neighbors reported that at around 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the 2400 block of State Route 702 East near Roy a man was chasing his father in a yard with a chainsaw. The son had been in an argument and allegedly was threatening both of his parents with the chainsaw, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office on Facebook.
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The post said the man jumped into an nearby pond after deputies arrived and tried to de-escalate the situation. He refused to come out.
“Negotiations went on for about 40 minutes before deputies retrieved a 40 mm beanbag shotgun and a trusty lasso,” the post said.
A deputy used the lasso to secure the man and drag him back to shore, the post said.
The man was taken to a local hospital for mental health services, and his family also received resources.
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