News: Robert Bowling's studio raided by armed cops

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News: Robert Bowling's studio raided by armed cops

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Panic alarm blunder ends in "tense showdown" between LAPD and life size model of MW2's Ghost.

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But hilariously, the police response "ended in a tense showdown with a life-sized statue of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's Simon 'Ghost' Riley," which the LAPD allegedly mistook for a gunman.

"Our studio is equipped with a 'panic' alarm in case of an armed threat, which was installed yesterday," Bowling told Polygon. "One of our designers, who shall not be shamed, pressed it on his way out because apparently when boys find buttons that they are unsure of, their first instinct is to push it."

After taking Bowling into temporary custody and sweeping the building, the...