The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department released new video Thursday of a four-hour standoff with a wanted man.
A taser and a beanbag gun were no match for the man; deputies said they had to finally use a pepper ball to get the man to surrender.
On Dec. 13 around 2:30 a.m. a deputy noticed the 33-year-old man, who appeared agitated in the Fred Meyer parking lot on 176th and Meridian.
The deputy said the man was yelling and harassing the grocery store employees and looking into vehicles. One woman reported she was fearful he would hurt her, and the manager wanted the man removed from the premises.
When the deputy tried to talk to the man, video from a body-worn camera shows him take off and run into a nearby gas station. Inside, you can hear the deputy yell for him to put down a hammer.
Eventually, the man is seen in the video running out of the gas station and over to a nearby business complex where he still refused to drop the hammer. Deputies tried using a taser on the man several times, but it was no use. Later, deputies are seen trying to use a beanbag shotgun on the man. He took several hits but refused to give up.