Teens arrested for shooting at Seattle police officers

Four teens arrested after shots fired at Seattle police during chase

Seattle police arrested four teenagers after officers say someone in a fleeing SUV opened fire on an unmarked patrol car during a pursuit from Aurora Avenue to I-5.

SEATTLE - Several teenagers were taken into police custody following several run-ins with officers on Saturday night. Some face assault charges for discharging a gun at law enforcement and hitting a bystander.

A man was shot in the leg and a Seattle Community Response Group officer dodged gunfire from an SUV full of teens this weekend, according to a report from the Seattle Police Department released on Sunday, Nov. 30. 

Timeline:

At about 9 p.m. on Nov. 29, police say their CRG officers were patrols in northern Seattle when they tried to stop a speeding and erratic driver of a Dodge Durango SUV on Aurora Avenue North. When the driver fled, officers decided not to initiate a chase. Later, officers in South Seattle noticed the same vehicle. 

When the officers approached the SUV, it began moving. While heading southbound on I-5 in this second run-in with officers, the teens allegedly fired off one or multiple guns toward the Seattle police officers. SPD reports that no officers fired back at the suspects.

This is when officers continued pursuing the vehicle, eventually performing a PIT maneuver to stop the SUV. Multiple teenage boys and girls then reportedly fled the vehicle. Police were able to take three girls and one boy into custody. 

These four teens were booked into the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children & Family Justice Center for the following crimes:

• Assault in the 1st Degree (x2)
• Possession of a Stolen Vehicle
• Unlawful Possession of a Firearm
• Eluding a Police Vehicle

Shortly afterwards, a man arrived at the Valley Medical Center in Renton with gunshot wounds to his legs. Police are also investigating reports from a witness that one of the bullets hit their car and fragments landed in their lap.

Two male suspects escaped and evaded capture despite the use of K9 police dogs.

What's next:

"We saw some police cars in the neighborhood 5 – 6 of them," said Sea Tac neighbor Paul Passi. 

After seeing so many officers near the intersection where the teens were stopped, Passi went to get his nephew who was playing in the yard. "As soon as I stepped outside, one of the police officers got on the intercom and said, ‘There is an armed intruder on the loose. Get in the house’.  I grabbed my nephew and went inside."

This continues to be an open and active investigation assigned to GVRU detectives. Anyone with information is asked to call the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000. Anonymous tips are accepted.

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