Woman armed with pellet gun prompts brief
shutdown of San Diego marathon
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[June 04, 2018]
(Reuters) - A woman wielding a
pellet gun prompted police to briefly shut down San Diego's Rock 'n'
Roll Marathon on Sunday and halt thousands of runners before she was
taken into custody, officials said.
The woman, identified by police as Mona Elease Williams, 58, had not
targeted the marathon and the incident was in no way connected to the
race, San Diego police chief David Nisleit told a news briefing.
The incident, in which a pursuing police officer shot himself in the
leg, ended after about 30 minutes, and the marathon soon resumed,
Nisleit said.
Even so, about 4,000 race participants were asked to stop running while
police sought Williams.
The series of events began late on Sunday morning with a report to an
officer working the marathon that a driver had fled the scene of a
hit-and-run accident in San Diego. Police attempted to pursue her but
backed off and called for help when she brandished what appeared to be a
gun at them.
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A team was formed to chase her, but one officer was wounded when his
gun accidentally went off, police said. Officers eventually chased
her into a parking lot, where she surrendered.
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, Calif.; Editing by
Peter Cooney)
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