Police arrest man accused of threatening railroad workers with a gun

Police in Olympia have arrested a 32-year-old man accused of threatening railroad workers with a gun Sunday afternoon.

According to police, a man confronted the railroad crew in the area of Union Avenue and Plum Street and pulled out what the workers described as a large handgun. He then fled on foot.

Police set up a perimeter around the area and used a K-9 to try to track him but didn’t find him.

On Tuesday, police arrested a man matching a description given by the workers on suspicion of harassment threat to kill. The suspect told police he was staying under a nearby bridge but denied threatening the workers and said he did not have a gun at the time of his arrest.

“If there’s a gun, we don’t know where it is,” Lt. Sam Costello said.

This story was originally published January 31, 2018 at 4:52 PM with the headline "Police arrest man accused of threatening railroad workers with a gun."