Armed robbery suspect shot, killed by police in Seattle
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SEATTLE - A Bellevue police SWAT team looking for two suspects in a string of armed robberies shot and killed one of them early Friday as officers surrounded a home in south Seattle to serve a search warrant, police said.
Seattle police spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said the suspect was shot as he drove toward officers in an attempt to run them down. The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, Whitcomb said.
The drama unfolded just before 5 a.m. Friday as uniformed Bellevue SWAT team officers were serving a search warrant at a home near 43rd Avenue South and South Hudson Street as part of an investigation into a spree of armed robberies in Bellevue.
Seattle police detectives also believed the two suspects might be connected to armed robberies in Seattle, and were planning to question them as well.
When Bellevue police arrived at the home, they believed that both suspects were inside. The tan Mercedes Benz belonging to the suspects was parked in the driveway.
As the SWAT team approached the residence they saw that one of the men they were looking for was sitting in the driver's seat of the Mercedes.
The suspect noticed the SWAT officers, too. He put the car in reverse and slammed into a parked Ford F-250 pickup truck with such force that it was pushed several yards into the street.
The Bellevue officers ordered the suspect to stop several times, but instead he shifted the car into drive and stepped on the gas.
Believing that the suspect would run over them over rather than surrender, three Bellevue officers opened fire at this man, fatally wounding him. One officer fired a handgun and the other two fired rifles. The suspect struck a second vehicle before coming to a stop.
Medics began emergency treatment to the suspect in an effort to revive him, but he was pronounced dead on arrival at Harborview.
Meanwhile, Seattle police SWAT team officers responded and searched the home, but found no one inside.
Unrelated to the search warrant, robbery detectives questioned and released a second man at the scene.
Bellevue Police Chief Linda Pillo asked Seattle police to handle the officer-involved shooting investigation.
No officers were injured.
Seattle police spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said the suspect was shot as he drove toward officers in an attempt to run them down. The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, Whitcomb said.
The drama unfolded just before 5 a.m. Friday as uniformed Bellevue SWAT team officers were serving a search warrant at a home near 43rd Avenue South and South Hudson Street as part of an investigation into a spree of armed robberies in Bellevue.
Seattle police detectives also believed the two suspects might be connected to armed robberies in Seattle, and were planning to question them as well.
When Bellevue police arrived at the home, they believed that both suspects were inside. The tan Mercedes Benz belonging to the suspects was parked in the driveway.
As the SWAT team approached the residence they saw that one of the men they were looking for was sitting in the driver's seat of the Mercedes.
The suspect noticed the SWAT officers, too. He put the car in reverse and slammed into a parked Ford F-250 pickup truck with such force that it was pushed several yards into the street.
The Bellevue officers ordered the suspect to stop several times, but instead he shifted the car into drive and stepped on the gas.
Believing that the suspect would run over them over rather than surrender, three Bellevue officers opened fire at this man, fatally wounding him. One officer fired a handgun and the other two fired rifles. The suspect struck a second vehicle before coming to a stop.
Medics began emergency treatment to the suspect in an effort to revive him, but he was pronounced dead on arrival at Harborview.
Meanwhile, Seattle police SWAT team officers responded and searched the home, but found no one inside.
Unrelated to the search warrant, robbery detectives questioned and released a second man at the scene.
Bellevue Police Chief Linda Pillo asked Seattle police to handle the officer-involved shooting investigation.
No officers were injured.
Fantastic! Thanks Bellevue PD.
Good one less waste of air I have to pay to feed and take care of for the rest of his life.
Dude, why you sitting in your car at 5am?Â
Good shootin' LEOs!!!!!!!
Yeah! Another one bites the dust!
This is a couple blocks away from my house. Scary!
Well,good riddance to some more rubbish. Wonder who they stole the Mercedes from?
Follow directions by police and it could save your life.
For reference: This was at Ground-Zero in Rainier effing Valley....
@Biggg Donnn Ground zero is everywhere these days.
Hope it was worth whatever you stole you flippin morons.....
More garbage removed from our city. Good shooting!
Hey Komo, you might want to check your facts.....other outlets are reporting it as wanted robbery suspects....a big difference between burglary and robbery
@J-Ho Ho You do mean, "Hey Associated Press", right? That is what the "AP" stands for in the byline, as in they wrote it and other news outlets post it on their sites.Â
@RedRiverBand @J-Ho Ho - Now the story doesn't have AP on it.
Note to Burglars...This activity can be hazardous to your health, risk of lead poisoning up to and including death...
Awesome news, hopefully it hurt going in.  Great job Police!
At over 200fps all there is a ffffFFFFTTTttttt a little red mist and lights out, pretty cool when it is the bad guy.
No officers injured and one more bad guy off the streets permanently. This was a good morning.
Still don't understand how BPD had jurisdiction here. Shouldn't SPD have been serving the warrant?
@BluefireJaguar Â
Deputies, Police Officers, and troopers are commissioned in the state, not by individual counties or municipalities. It is not uncommon for police from one city go into another city to make felony or misdemeanor arrests. Usually the outside agency will call the police in the area that they will be making the arrest and let them know what is going on. (Courtesy call.) Law enforcement Officers in this state can enforce any and all state laws anywhere in the state, including tickets.
@Ventura66 @BluefireJaguar Actually they can't. In most states it is like that but in WA it is up to the counties. Most, but not every county has a Memorandum of Understanding that basically allows other agencies to enforce state laws there. There is usually a reciprocal memo as well. There are a handful of counties that do not allow outside agencies t enforce laws.
@J-Ho Ho
Actually, they can, as all Law Enforcement Officers in this State are commissioned through the State, and have to have a certificate from the state on file with their Police Departments. The Washington State Criminal Justice Training Program can pull a certification of an individual Officer/Deputy separate from a criminal proceeding or a departmental proceeding.
When I first started in Law Enforcement over twenty years ago, we had what was called "Mutual Aid". The Sheriffs or Chiefs of an agency would send out a letter giving other agencies authority to have Police Powers in that Jurisdiction. Some Sheriffs Offices even required that other agencies officers even carry a sheriffs office commission card with their own agencies commission card. This was done away with almost twenty years ago because it is now required that law enforcement officers go to the state run academy, and all officers have the same training.
Law enforcement officers can and do perform all aspects of law enforcement throughout the state. There is no longer a need to ask permission from the Police agency of "jurisdiction". I have been at training training is eastern Washington, (other side of the state) with my marked patrol and written tickets into whichever district court is appropriate. I did not need "permission" from anyone to do so.
You are correct, however, that a sheriffs office in a county is the primary law enforcement agency within that county, as a Sheriff is an elected official. That being said, not even a Sheriff can tell another agency that they can not perform law enforcement in the county without due cause.Â
@BluefireJaguar Just because you don't understand doesn't mean it was wrong. This was a felony crime being investigated in King County by an agency in King County. Bellevue and Seattle are both in King County (a little trivia for you there) and therefore, working it in Seattle isvirtually the same as working it in Bellevue. Even if they were working it in another county, it would likely be fine, because most counties grant authority to outside law enforcement agencies to enforce state law in their county.
@J-Ho Ho @BluefireJaguar Seattle often goes to Renton to look for Felony Warrant suspects that originated in Seattle crimes. If the agency is bogged down, they're more than willing to allow a neighboring agency to execute their mission.
It appears this man chose poorly
This is a developing story. More information will be posted as it becomes available.
Yea, when pigs fly.
News Update: Dead burglar comes back as brainless Zoombie and continues to steal but this time he's stealing bodys.
BEWARE OF THE ZOOMBIES!!!!!
Yo BPD, came in blasting, drinking port....
Take heart, Seattle. Â That's one less welfare check that you and I have to fund this month...
I don't care if people are on welfare, if they need it. There's no reason to kill the poor, The Burglars and Child molesters however...
@heavyweather Bellevue
@DarkParty Warrant was from Bellevue.  Man who was shot (not necessarily the target of the warrant) was in South Seattle.  Either way, the dole has one less doofus on it this morning.
@heavyweather Reading is fundamental, I guess I wasn't paying attention :)
Stop hugging thugs. They steer their own fate in most of these situations.
@Citizen#3457899654 Apparently this one got a bullet instead of a hug. Ah well, think of all the people he won't be stealing from this weekend, and next week, and the rest of his life.
hheeheh friday funnies!!
Well that was easy!
Should have turned yourself in.
@DGÂ Yeah, because we know that the police are judge, jury and executioner. :rolleyes:
@slappywag Damn cops. Always being mean....rolleyes! Thank God for the police force.Â
@slappywag oh yeah the police are horrible I am sure the guy came out and said here I am officers with his hands up and the police said thanks for being so polite and cooperative and just shot him!!. TOTAL SARCASM!!
@slappywag
... she says as if she knows what actually happened.