Seattle police officer assaulted during stolen vehicle recovery, incident escalates into barricade situation
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A Seattle police officer was assaulted early Sunday morning by a suspect with multiple outstanding felony warrants while attempting to recover a stolen vehicle.
While recovering the vehicle, a man appeared from a nearby apartment and tried to intervene in the tow truck driving away with the stolen vehicle. Seattle police said the man was identified as a 42-year-old suspect with multiple outstanding felony warrants. A short foot pursuit ensued, and the officer took the suspect into custody. Bradford Betz is a Fox News Digital breaking reporter covering crime, political issues, and much more.
As the officer waited for backup to arrive, the suspect started yelling and shouting for someone inside the apartment, police said. A 49-year-old woman walked out of the apartment and attempted to insert herself between the officer and the detained suspect.
A second man, aged 32, came out of the apartment and began to assault the officer to prevent him from detaining the first suspect, police said. The two men fled from the officer and barricaded inside the apartment. At this point, the woman dropped her efforts to interfere with the detainment of the male suspects.