SeaTac woman dies in shootout with Pierce County deputies
Mon, 11/14/2011
The News Tribune in Tacoma reports 38-year-old SeaTac resident Holly Crahay died on Sunday, Nov. 13, after she was shot by Pierce County deputies in a shootout.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, Crahay was spotted driving recklessly around 3 p.m. in the parking lot of a Bonney Lake shopping center.
When deputies arrived Crahay sped away, leading police on a chase through oncoming traffic on State Route 410. A deputy was able to pin Crahay’s vehicle against a guardrail at which time she opened fire on two patrol cars from her driver's seat, nearly missing one deputy with a bullet that shattered his windshield, the flying glass cutting his face.
Deputies returned fire and Crahay was hit. When they approached the vehicle Crahay’s pit bull jumped out of the car and attacked a deputy. The pit bull was shot and killed.
Crahay was taken to a local hospital where she died from her injuries on Sunday evening.
The deputies involved in the shooting were place on paid leave, standard procedure when an officer uses deadly force.
The News Tribune reports Crahay was wanted in King County for violating a protection order keeping her away from her five children, felony harassment-domestic violence and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Court documents show Crahay allegedly texted one of her sons, telling him she was angry with Child Protective Services and intended to shoot someone or herself in Tacoma, according to the News Tribune story.