FUNSTOWN, NEW YORK– A circus clown who had\u00a0walked through a residential neighborhood in full clown makeup while\u00a0honking his big red nose was shot and killed by police, according to the official police report.<\/p>\n
Twenty police officers shot 52 year old Bongo the clown during a confrontation where Bongo repeatedly ignored officer’s commands to quit honking his nose.<\/p>\n
“Officers did what they were trained to do,” said 58 year old Fred Flintstone, Funstown’s police captain. “The suspect was initially stopped by police for suspicious activity. Because of the clown’s makeup and costume, police were unable to identify the suspect and asked him for his identification. That’s when the clown proceeded to repeatedly honk his nose horn and laugh in the officer’s faces.”<\/p>\n
This isn’t the first confrontation\u00a0between clowns and Funstown police. Back in 2014, a small clown car was stopped by police after they\u00a0noticed 30 clowns stuffed into the tiny vehicle. And this also isn’t the first time Bongo the clown had a run-in with the law. Last year Bongo was arrested for throwing confetti at officers after pulling a long string out of his mouth.<\/p>\n
In the official police report, Bongo the clown was asked numerous times to refrain from honking his nose\u00a0because one of the officers kept confusing the clown’s nose with several children who were passing by on their bicycles while\u00a0honking their bike horns.<\/p>\n