5 WA teens jailed after pointing gun on freeway, police chase
4 teens, adult arrested after gun threat in Seattle
Five teens were arrested after allegedly pointing a gun at a driver at a red light in Belltown, ending with a pursuit that blocked SR 99.
SEATTLE - Five teens are in custody after a citywide vehicle pursuit that ended in a major traffic shutdown on SR-99 Wednesday morning.
5 suspects arrested after Seattle police chase
What we know:
The pursuit, which passed through multiple Seattle neighborhoods overnight, ended near the SoDo district where officers managed to apprehend all five suspects.
The backstory:
It began at 3 a.m. in the Belltown neighborhood, after a 911 caller stated that multiple people in a vehicle pointed a gun at him.
He was reportedly trying to get on Denny Way from Dexter Avenue when a white minivan pulled alongside him, and two occupants pointed a gun at him. The van was also driving erratically beforehand, police said.
The caller ran the red light to escape, and the van allegedly followed him down Denny Way. Officers later located the car in the West Precinct area and began a pursuit.
After losing the van near the North Precinct, officers spotted it again near the Southwest Precinct. They were eventually able to arrest five suspects on the southbound lanes of SR-99.
Police said four juveniles were arrested for assault and unlawful possession of a firearm. The suspects included three boys and one girl, ages 14, 15, and two 17-year-olds, all of whom were booked into the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center. An 18-year-old man was also booked into jail for investigation of assault.
The Source: Information in this story comes from the Seattle Police Department and the Seattle Department of Transportation.
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