Placing a life-size statue of a gunman in a window may not be the best idea, but that's what the LAPD confronted when officers stormed the offices of Robotoki.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
(Credit: Activision)
In this day and age, perhaps it's
not the best idea to erect a life-size statue of a gunman and place it in the
front window of your office. Yet this is precisely what the Los Angeles Police Department confronted
late Thursday night when officers stormed the building of game studio Robotoki.
The LAPD, guns drawn, faced off with a gun-wielding, very human-like replica of
soldier Simon "Ghost" Riley from Robotoki's Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare 2 -- that and a very startled Robert Bowling, the company's president,
who happened to be working late that night.
You might think that
the looming presence of a life-like gunman was what inspired the LAPD to raid
the building. But actually, it was the result of an unknowing employee
mistakenly hitting the panic button of the office's newly installed security
system, according to gaming
news site Polygon.
Bowling told the
publication that the employee hit the button, saw that nothing happened, and
left. How does Bowling know this? Thanks to one of the office's security video
cameras.
Reports had
circulated earlier
Friday that the raid was the result of a "swatting" attack, a
prank that involves calling 911 with the goal of having a SWAT team show up at
a certain location. But those reports were mistaken, Polygon said.
Ghost's days as the
inspiration for office decor may be numbered.
(Via Polygon)
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