A Seattle Police Department (SPD) officer was injured late Monday afternoon as police tried to arrest a 22-year-old suspect on multiple felony warrants.
officer was injured late Monday afternoon as police tried to arrest a 22-year-old suspect on multiple felony warrants.Members of SPD’s Gun Violence Reduction Unit and members of the U.S. Marshals Violent Offenders Task Force were dispatched around 4:30 p.m. to the suspect’s location with an arrest warrant.That’s when they say he attempted to drive away, striking multiple police cars.
An officer who had stepped out of his cruiser was pinned between his car and one of the cars that the suspect struck.The man officers were trying to arrest tried to run away but he was caught quickly and taken into custody.He was also taken to Harborview to be checked for injuries and is to be booked into the King County Jail after he is cleared from the hospital.
Officers will also request additional charges for the collisions, the assault on the officer, and the gun found in the man’s car.