Gun tattoo brings SWAT to small town

Well that has to be a first. A tree removal group was threatened by a local man and called the cops assuming he was holding a weapon.

photo courtesy The Sentinel and David Leaming.

“Smith, who works nights, said he was still asleep and was surprised to see a crew of workers from Lucas Tree Experts preparing to saw a number of trees around some power lines on his property.
Wearing just a pair of pants and no shirt, though the temperature was in the teens, he went outside and asked them to leave.
The tree removal company workers reported that as they backed into the driveway, Smith told them not to cut the trees. They told him it was not a problem.
Smith went back to bed; but as the workers were leaving, one thought he saw a pistol in Smith’s waistband.
That’s when they called the police, momentarily prompting reports of a police standoff.
“They weren’t 100 percent sure what he was saying,” Duff said, “but he was yelling and they thought it could be some sort of a threat. They thought he was yelling something to the effect of doing harm, but when we got a hold of him, it ended up just being a tattoo.”
It was all just a misunderstanding, both Smith and police said.
“I got plans today. I didn’t want to get shot,” Smith said shortly after the scene was cleared by police.”

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