Police Investigate Collision Involving Shooting, Stolen Vehicle

SEATTLE, WA—Police continue to investigate a rollover collision and a shooting that occurred Saturday afternoon near South Park.

Shortly after 4 p.m., police said a 61-year-old man, who police identified as the first suspect, was following his brother’s stolen vehicle as it was being driven through the South Park neighborhood. The man had a .45 caliber handgun and fired one time at the stolen vehicle, but struck his own vehicle’s side mirror.

Police said he continued to follow the stolen vehicle. Officers said the driver of the stolen vehicle, the second suspect, began to lose control of the vehicle as he drove across the 16th Avenue South Bridge. At some point, the driver of the stolen car struck an occupied truck driving on East Marginal Way South. The occupants inside the truck did not have any significant injuries, but the stolen vehicle rolled over and landed upside down on it’s roof.

According to officers, the armed suspect and the driver of the stolen car both got out of their vehicles. As the second suspect attempted to run away, police said the first suspect fired a shot from his handgun, and then another, striking the second suspect in the leg. He sustained a non life-threatening injury as a result.

The first suspect, the 61-year-old man, was arrested and the gun was recovered, police said. He was later booked into the King County Jail for investigation of assault. The second suspect was transported to the hospital for treatment and will be booked into jail after he is released from the hospital.