A suspect allegedly rammed this police cruiser in West Seattle on August 6 after stealing a pickup truck. He was taken into custody shortly thereafter.
Update for 11:40 a.m.
According to the Seattle Police Department, West Seattle's excitement for the day started with a witness calling 911 around 10:20 a.m. to report he or she was following a man in a stolen gray pickup full of landscaping supplies.
Potentially picking up on his tracker, police said the suspect rammed the 911 caller near 53rd Ave. S.W. and S.W. Admiral Way. A responding officer caught up with the suspect in front of Starbuck's at California Ave. S.W. and S.W. Morgan, where the suspect put it into reverse and crunched the patrol cars front end, disabling the vehicle (the officer was not seriously hurt).
Police said the suspect took off yet again, but bailed out of the truck shortly thereafter and was found hiding under a deck near the intersection of 40th Ave. S.W. and S.W. Holly St.
Original post at 11:30 a.m., Aug. 6
Seattle police have a man in custody after he allegedly stole a gray pickup truck in West Seattle and rammed into a police cruiser in pursuit on Aug. 6.
Information is still preliminary at this time, but it appears the suspect crashed into and disabled the cop car in front of the Morgan Junction Starbucks, then fled east on S.W. Holly St. towards 40th Ave. S.W.
Police said they found the suspect hiding under a deck on the 6700 block of 40th. He was taken into custody shortly before 11 a.m.
The officer driving the damaged patrol car is "OK," according to police.
