PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Pierce County deputies arrested three juveniles for an armed carjacking after holding their tattoo artist at gunpoint, the department announced on Friday.
Around 3:35 a.m. on Friday, deputies were dispatched at a gas station in the 11900 block of Pacific Ave. S in Parkland.
The victim told deputies that he had just completed tattoos for the three suspects and offered to give them a ride home when they all pulled out guns and threatened to shoot him.
The victim got out of the vehicle, leaving the suspects inside.
A sergeant spotted the vehicle in the 11000 block of Steele St. S and followed the vehicle on westbound state Route 512 and then northbound I-5.
The vehicle hit stop sticks deployed by Tacoma police along E 72nd St. and McKinley Ave.
The suspects attempted to flee on foot, but deputies caught and arrested all three.
A 17-year-old male and two 16-year-old females were booked into Remann Hall for robbery in the first degree, felony harassment, eluding, possession of a stolen vehicle and obstructing.
Two firearms were recovered.
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