MIDLAND, Wash. — The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office and the Pierce County Force Investigation Team (PCFIT) have arrested a suspect who was allegedly involved in an incident with deputies early Sunday morning.
On May 3, around 2 a.m., a deputy with Pierce County found a man slumped over in a vehicle at 72nd St E. and 9th Ave. Ct. E. in Midland.
The sheriff’s office said it identified the man as someone with multiple felony warrants, including second-degree assault, eluding, and escape from community custody.
While the person was slumped over, deputies positioned their patrol vehicles around his vehicle to prevent him from escaping when he woke up.
However, when the man did wake up, he began ramming the patrol vehicles, according to PCFIT.
Deputies said he was able to ram an escape route with his vehicle and was able to get out, despite having deflated tires.
According to PCFIT, he drove at a deputy, and shots were fired.
No deputies were injured, and the man continued his escape.
A few minutes later, the suspect vehicle was located, crashed, running, and abandoned at a home on 85th St. E.
Multiple people called 911 to say that a man had shown up on their property asking for help and appeared to have blood on him. His description matched the suspect, deputies said.
It was unclear at the time if he was bloody from the crash or if he was shot. PCFIT later determined he had been shot.
According to PCFIT, a person matching the description of the suspect had broken into a few homes and left after being confronted.
Despite an extensive three-and-a-half-hour track with K9s and drones on Sunday, the suspect was not found.
Crews searched for the suspect on Sunday and Monday, before he was arrested around 12:30 p.m. in Puyallup.
According to PCFIT, he had gunshot wounds from Sunday’s incident.
When the suspect is cleared from the hospital, he will be booked into Pierce County Jail.
PCFIT will be taking over this investigation per standard protocol with any officer-involved shooting.
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