Here’s how the system worked to stop a potential Kennewick shooting

It’s not clear why Bryan Ahn picked up the phone to call crisis response, but when the counselor got on the phone the threats started.

Ahn said he was going to start shooting homes on First Avenue until he killed his girlfriend. Then the 39-year-old Richland man said he was going to turn the gun on himself.

After making the threats several times Thursday evening, the counselor called police, who went to the Kennewick home on the 400 block where his girlfriend was staying, said Officer Roman Trujillo.

They found her inside and saw Ahn’s car drive past.

At the same time, Ahn was on the phone with the crisis response counselor and said he could see police in the area.

Officers and Benton County sheriff’s deputies soon found him in Keewaydin Park, where he was arrested. He was booked into the Benton County jail on suspicion of felony harassment.

Ahn wasn’t carrying a weapon, Trujillo said, adding they plan to search his car later Friday.

This story was originally published December 15, 2017 at 11:30 AM with the headline "Here’s how the system worked to stop a potential Kennewick shooting."