Well this isn’t a nice way to wake up on a Tuesday morning…or any morning! Metta World Peace was awakened early this morning when police responded to a report of 4 armed men in the basketball star’s condo complex. Details after the jump…
According to TMZ:
Law enforcement sources tell us LAPD got a call around midnight about 4 guys — 3 with handguns and one with a shotgun — lurking around the LA Laker’s westside home.
We’re told officers called out the suspects over a loudspeaker, and 2 men — Metta’s brother and cousin — heard the commotion and came out to talk to cops.
Only problem is … we’re told they didn’t have any ID, so police handcuffed both men until they could make sure they weren’t suspects.
Sources say officers had to wake up Metta — who quickly vouched for his brother and cousin, and both men were released. We’re told Mr. World Peace was very “understanding and professional” … naturally.
Eventually the “armed suspects” came out and proved to cops they were residents of the complex — unrelated to Metta — who were returning home with BB guns used while recording a video.
We’re told the 4 men got off with a warning — presumably about carrying weapons in public — and possibly about unnecessarily alarming Lakers superstars … who, let’s face it, need all the rest they can get this season.
