Stolen car, shots fired, pursuit – all starting in White Center
We heard this pursuit on the scanner last night but didn’t realize it had begun in White Center. Just in from King County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sgt. John Urquhart:
The New Year is starting with a bang as one car chased another car while firing several shots at the fleeing vehicle. Apparently no one was hit.
Then it got interesting. A Sheriff’s deputies found the suspect car twice, and the chase(s) was on!
It all started about 10:50 PM last night (January 2nd). The Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call about a black Acura chasing a red SUV in the White Center area at speeds up to 80 mph. The driver of the Acura was leaning out the window shooting a handgun at the SUV.
Ten minutes later a deputy found the Acura, now in the Top Hat neighborhood and a short pursuit ensued. But the suspect vehicle got away.
A few minutes later a 2nd deputy found the car again, this time on SR 599. Another pursuit ending up on southbound I-5. The chase was ended when the deputy lost sight of the car at about the Kent-Des Moines Road.
At 12:15 AM a White Center woman called to report her 1997 Acura Integra stolen. Deputies believe this was the vehicle involved in the shooting and the chase. The license number is 403ZJG (Washington). The car is distinctive because it is black but with red and silver wheel rims.
So far there are no reported injures. No one is in custody. Neither the stolen vehicle nor the red SUV, possibly a 4Runner, have been found.
Anyone with information is asked to call the King County Sheriff’s Office at (206) 296-3311 (24 hours) or 9-1-1.
10:32 AM UPDATE: According to the scanner, police have found the stolen car. No word if they found a suspect with it. It wasn’t in West Seattle or White Center – someplace else in Seattle city limits, couldn’t quite pick that up from the radio transmissions.
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January 3rd, 2011 at 11:30 am
nissan pathfinder or toyota 4runner
January 3rd, 2011 at 11:37 am
Thanks, I just took out the make.
January 3rd, 2011 at 11:53 am
I know that car. The rims make it hard to miss. I hope they find the suspect.
January 3rd, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Are tax dollars so sparse that police vehicles are not equiped w/ radios these days? Why were only two patrol cars involved in the pursuit of the perpetrators? Both outrun too? Radios travel faster than any vehicle. Maybe the cops need more training.