GRANDVIEW, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol is searching for two suspects who they say shot at a trooper, got out of their car and ran.
The incident happened Tuesday morning in Grandview, southeast of Yakima, after the a driver failed to pull over for a traffic stop.
Trooper Chris Thorson, a patrol spokesman, says the trooper pursued the vehicle until it stopped at a home in Grandview at about 9 p.m. Monday. He says the men got out of the car and started shooting at the trooper, whose cruiser was stopped about 50 feet away.
The trooper got behind his car and returned fire but was not injured.
It is not known if a suspect was hit.
The two suspects are still at large in the Grandview area off of Forsell Road.
Thorson says a State Patrol plane was searching for them Tuesday, and detectives were awaiting a search warrant for their vehicle.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.