Police Backpedal, Declare Suspect's Intent Was Not "To Trigger a Mass Taking pictures" at Bass Canyon Pageant
Following the arrest of a gun-wielding man who they believed “could have had plans to commit a mass taking pictures” at an digital music pageant in Washington, police launched a press release downplaying the suspect’s intent.
Jonathan R. Moody, 30, was arraigned following the conclusion of Bass Canyon, an occasion that yearly attracts roughly 25,000 folks. The Grant County Sheriff’s Workplace had launched a report on Saturday, August twentieth which acknowledged its deputies “imagine they stopped an Ephrata man who could have had plans to commit a mass taking pictures on the Gorge Amphitheater” the day prior.
In keeping with the report, Moody was detained after attendees claimed to have seen him inhaling an “unknown substance or gasoline from a balloon” earlier than loading and concealing two 9mm pistols round his waist. Police say Moody then approached concert-goers to inquire when the pageant would finish and the place folks would exit.
After launching an investigation and interviewing Moody, the Grant County Sheriff’s Workplace has launched a press release clarifying his intent.
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“Detectives have interviewed Moody and have served search warrants on two automobiles,” reads the assertion. “Whereas the investigation will not be but completed, what we are able to say is that we now don’t really feel that his intent was to trigger a mass taking pictures.
Moody, who pleaded not responsible to at least one depend of possession of a harmful weapon and one depend of illegal carrying or dealing with of a weapon, was launched after posting $10,000 bail. His subsequent courtroom date is scheduled for September eighth in Grant County District Court docket.