Ex-Call of Duty Developer Subject to Police Raid by Mistake
"Once they realized I wasn't a hostage, [we] spent the next 30 [minutes] talking about games and playing with our giant NES controller," Bowling later said. Nobody was hurt, thankfully, but how did this happen?
In an interview with Polygon, Bowling explained that the police raid was a result of an employee pressing the building's panic button, triggering a 911 response. The button was installed the previous day. "One of our designers, who shall not be shamed, pressed it on his way out," he said, "because apparently when boys find buttons that they are unsure of, their first instinct is to push it."
The staff went home for the day shortly after the button was pressed, "leaving their lonely studio head to receive the assault of their actions," Bowling said.
He continued, "I was in my office when [the police] arrived and saw them coming up our stairs, guns drawn. They yelled for me to put my hands up and walk towards them slowly, then took me into custody and out of the studio until they cleared the rest of the rooms and floors."
The officers soon realized Bowling was not, in fact, the hostage of a video game statue.
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TaigaAisakaPosted:
SwagDaddyYolo lol I would freak out if the police raided my house
I would have some fun with them ;3 Like I would humor the situation for as long as I can go with out getting arrested. Robert Bowling probably handled it pretty good and the police were probably in and out.
TaigaAisakaPosted:
BDBWii_U I Would Run And Scream
Same here, I would hide in my basement haha :) Poor guy.
You guys would be shot or tasered if you tried to ran xD
MentalistPosted:
Wii_U I Would Run And Scream
Same here, I would hide in my basement haha :) Poor guy.
MentalistPosted:
SwagDaddyYolo lol I would freak out if the police raided my house
Who wont? I would sit in a corner and prey :D
MentalistPosted:
ShadowBoltDashieNinjaWizardunvers I find this funny lol
He must of been so scared.
He's Robert freaking Bowling, he fears no one xD But for real I'm sure he will remember this for a long time to come.
True, he won't forget this very fast :D
TaigaAisakaPosted:
NinjaWizardunvers I find this funny lol
He must of been so scared.
He's Robert freaking Bowling, he fears no one xD But for real I'm sure he will remember this for a long time to come.
0101010101010101Posted:
NinjaWizardunvers I find this funny lol
He must of been so scared.
Haha i bet i could just see people freaking out lol
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