SPANAWAY, Wash. — A K-9 team from Lakewood helped Pierce County deputies find a domestic violence suspect in Spanaway.
On Sunday at noon, emergency dispatchers received a call about a protection order violation in the Spanaway area near 224th and 38th Avenue East.
A man was threatening to break down the door and was violating a current domestic violence protection order, according to deputies. Deputies were told the man was known to carry a gun.
At some point the man parked his car, ran and started hopping over fences. Police said someone called in the suspicious behavior. Deputies set up a perimeter in the area and called for a K-9 team to help.
The man had fled in his vehicle just before deputies arrived at the scene. Deputies began searching for the vehicle in nearby neighborhoods.
The Lakewood Police Department’s K-9 Rock arrived with his partner to help track the man.
After a short track, the man was found hiding in some thick brush between two properties.
With Rock’s help, deputies were able to get the man to surrender peacefully.