Overview
- Authorities say the Christmas Day encounter began near Northgate when a lieutenant stopped for a pedestrian reported running across I-5 before being shoved and having her marked SUV taken.
- Video published by TMZ shows the suspect pulling the lieutenant from the driver’s seat and driving off, prompting a multi-agency pursuit.
- Troopers and Seattle police pursued the vehicle north, then south, ending it in Lynnwood with a PIT maneuver that temporarily blocked lanes.
- WSP says the suspect resisted arrest and was Tased before being taken into custody; he was booked on suspicion of felony eluding, robbery, possession of a stolen vehicle, assault on a law enforcement officer, and DUI.
- Investigators obtained a blood draw warrant as toxicology tests are pending; WSP reports the lieutenant sustained minor injuries and will not be reprimanded, and no serious injuries to the public were reported.