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LATEST: Seattle police release more dramatic video in chase, shootout

SEATTLE — Seattle Police Department released additional video on Thursday in the weekend's wild chase and dangerous shootout that left a carjacking suspect dead.

The motives of Raymond Azevedo, 35, remain unknown, but dashcam video lays out a small timeline of an incident that rattled neighborhoods throughout Seattle on Sunday afternoon.

Two police officers were hurt and nearly a dozen were put on paid administrative leave. Investigators are still piecing together the trail, but here is what videos and reports show so far.

When did it start?

The crime spree started around 12:30 p.m. Sunday in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood when the suspect, armed with two pistols, ran into a coffee shop at Pike Place Market. A barista at Storyville Coffee saw the man had a gun and called 911.

Police say he then fled to a nearby tattoo parlor, prompting another call to police.

"The guy kicked open the door and I thought he was just being a jerk so I was going to ask him to leave and walked up to him and he pulled two pistols out of his pockets—these two big black guns with chrome tops," said James Sykes at Under the Needle.

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He thought he was being robbed but the gunman was looking for an escape and ran out the back door.

After leaving the shop, police say the man stole a red Volkswagen at gunpoint.

The following segment shows currently available video evidence of the suspect just prior to the final police pursuit.

From Belltown to Montlake

In the red Volkswagen, Azevedo drove to the Montlake area, where he stole another vehicle at gunpoint at the University of Washington Tennis Center.

KIRO 7 spoke to a family who was at the tennis center for lessons and found themselves face-to-face with the armed man when he ran into the building and demanded car keys.

"The guy bursts through the door and says, 'Give me your keys,' and took out two pistols and waved them around," said Adam Tratt. "I told my kids to run. I went to reach for my keys. He didn't want me reaching in my pocket. I grabbed my keys and I threw them across the room."

The man then took off in Tratt's minivan.

Officers began pursuing the suspect in Montlake, where they reported coming under fire from the fleeing suspect.

The man then drove onto westbound SR 520 and northbound onto Interstate 5 before exiting in the Ravenna neighborhood.

By that time, the man was in a third vehicle, a black Camaro.

The above additional video of the man’s final confrontation with police shows SWAT officers approaching the suspect and shots fired, as described in the original post. The engagement occurred 10 minutes after the gunfire.

The department was able to release additional video on Thursday of the incident involving a man suspected of carjacking multiple victims and firing at officers.

The shootout

Officers caught up with the gunman and exchanged gunfire, killing the man near Northeast 68th Street and 35th Avenue Northeast.

Police said they found two guns in the man's possession. Seattle police are working with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms to trace the suspect’s handguns.

Dozens of people witnessed the chase and subsequent shootout. Read their stories here.

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As many as 11 officers are believed to have exchanged gunfire with the suspect at two locations during the pursuit.

All officers involved in the shooting will be placed on paid administrative leave per department policy.

Several officers and uninvolved drivers were treated for non-life-threatening injuries from crashes during the incident.

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