Armed Standoff Brings Canadian Batman to Help Police

Here’s a weird one for ya. A dude decked out in full Batman regalia reportedly showed up at the scene of an armed standoff between police and a citizen, offering to help the cops out.

I think maybe it’s time for this guy to pump the brakes on his cosplaying.

The police in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada were in a standoff on Saturday. They were outside a house, with their guns drawn, after they got reports of a domestic incident and someone with a gun inside. And as they were setting up… BATMAN walked up and offered to help. Seriously.

A guy dressed in a full-on Batman costume drove up in a truck with the Batman logo on it, hopped out, and walked up to the cops and offered to help. A neighbor who had been filming got the entire thing on video.

The cops told Batman to get the hell out of there and issued a statement reminding people NOT to do what that guy did. Fortunately, the standoff ended peacefully when the cops went inside and found that the person didn’t have a gun after all.

I don’t always agree with police, but this time I certainly do: Batman wanna-bes ought to stay at home, or at least stay away from actual law enforcement operations.

What do you think possessed this guy to think he was an actual superhero?

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.