SEATTLE, WA — Seattle Police Department's Crisis Response Unit removed guns from a West Seattle home last week after family members alerted officers to some threatening statements. According to SPD, relatives of a 91-year-old man with dementia told police he had several guns in the home and had recently begun threatening to shoot anyone who came to his property.

An officer asked the King County Superior Court for an Extreme Risk Protection Order, which requires those deemed to be a high risk of harming themselves or others to surrender their weapons. The order was granted and police said the man voluntarily turned over 18 guns to officers on the property.