| Men
Dressed As Ninjas Shut Local Freeway
3:39 p.m. EDT June 13,
2002 - A section of Interstate 75 in Detroit was closed
Wednesday night as police investigated a call about two
men dressed in ninja suits.
Detroit police received a
911 call around 8 p.m. from a concerned man who said
that he saw the men along I-75 in Detroit. They were
driving a Ford Escort and appeared to be pointing a gun
out the window, Local 4 reported.
Police caught the men on
surveillance video from a squad car.
"You have two people
out in broad daylight in full ninja suits, who you
believe have a firearm in the vehicle, and the passenger
appeared to be waving out the car at us when we were
behind them," Michigan State Police Trooper Paul
Gonyeau said.
Michigan State Police and
Detroit Police were able to pull the men over. The
freeway was closed while police investigated.
The two men -- ages 20
and 21 -- were from Gaylord and told police that they
had just bought the ninja gear and were on their way
downriver to surprise their family, the station
reported.
Officers found a sword,
but no gun. Police arrested the men, but they were later
released without charges, the station learned. |
