Issaquah police arrested a 44-year-old Issaquah man for threatening to shoot and kill a police officer Wednesday night, Feb. 27.

The arrest came after an incident on Feb. 24, when the suspect, Michael Ivin, was stopped by Issaquah police for a minor traffic violation. Ivin became enraged and yelled at the officer, claiming he had a 9-mm handgun with him. The officer handcuffed Ivin for precautionary reasons, and discovered the loaded handgun in his waistband. Ivin had a concealed weapons license, so his gun was returned before he was released with a warning.

Several minutes later, Ivin was inside the Fred Meyer store on East Lake Sammamish Parkway, where another police officer was in the store for an unrelated reason. Ivin told people inside the store he was going to “shoot the cop” and “tell them I’m going to kill the cops.” He left the store before police could locate him.

Police located Ivin three days later driving on Northwest Gilman Boulevard, where he was stopped and arrested. At the time of his arrest, police located a loaded 9-mm handgun, which is believed to be the same gun he was carrying earlier in the week.

Ivin was booked into the King County Jail, and is currently being held on $200,000 bail for felony harassment. Sergeant Kevin Nash of the Issaquah Police Department said the suspect doesn’t have any more weapons and he doesn’t believe he’s a threat to society.

“All of his anger was directed at police,” Nash said.