Seattle Police were called to Broadway’s Red Light Vintage Saturday afternoon after a worker at the store reported a customer had brought in a hand grenade to sell to the second hand vintage retailer.
SPD confirmed the incident in a brief statement via Twitter:
@SeattlePD: ABS responded to a business at 312 Broadway E to pick up a grenade that customer sold to business at that loc. ABS took custody of grenade.
The store and surrounding sidewalk area were taped off during the police response that started around 2:30 PM. We’ll follow up to find out if there will be any criminal repercussions for the grenade seller.
UPDATE 5/12/14: According to the SPD report on the incident, the grenade was examined at the scene and determined to be inert. The report says the incident unfolded Saturday afternoon when a regular customer of Red Light entered the store and produced the green, pineapple-style hand grenade from her purse and offered it for sale. The store employee, concerned that the customer may have had a real explosive in her possession, purchased the grenade for $10, placed it behind the counter and contacted police.
Image: Jonathan Worthen via Twitter .
Their dreams of adding a Def Leppard applique and selling it at 300% markup were dashed.
I guess grenades aren’t hipster enough for Red Light.
Unusual news with a very predictable comments section.
“just in case”
Yes, but how much would she have gotten if she’d consigned it rather than sold it outright?