A man who police say threatened to kill police officers and detonate bombs in Murry Park has been charged.
MURRAY — A man was charged Monday with threatening to kill police officers and detonate bombs in Murray Park.
Marc Christopher Mason-Lervick, 36, who is listed in court documents as homeless, is charged in 3rd District Court with making a terroristic threat, a second-degree felony, as well as several other misdemeanor drug-related crimes.
On July 25, Mason-Lervick had a backpack in the park, 5125 S. State, and texted a friend that he was „going out with ’suicide by cop,'“ according to charging documents.
Numerous officers were dispatched to the park and surrounded Mason-Lervick. The park was also evacuated.
„If homeboy over here has to (expletive) shoot me, then homeboy has to (expletive) shoot me. But just remember one thing, I have it wired up so that if my heart stops, things go boom in the park,“ he told the officers, according to the charges.
Mason-Lervick also asked the officers several times if they wanted to go home and see their families that night, the charges state.
After an hour of negotiating, Mason-Lervick was taken into custody without further incident. No explosive devices were found.
