Vehicle flees police on I-5, suspect held at gunpoint, Tacoma WA
TrafficA vehicle fled from security and police on Interstate 5 near 56th Street. Officers monitored the pursuit and prepared to use spike strips but did not directly engage. The chase ended with a suspect held at gunpoint near South Mary Street and South 54th Street.
Audio|Source: Tacoma Police Dispatch - North
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Transcript:
00:00
Information, Lakewood, security traffic with one taking off Northbound I-5, just passing near 56th Street. Call (number withheld) information, 2015.
00:14
Pam, 247, should Lakewood pursue contact with the north end? Do you want us to assist at all of six?
00:23
What's the reason for a reason for percent?
00:26
Do you want to?
00:32
Yeah,
00:33
if the pursuit[1] comes in and see if we can assist with sticks[2], but we're not going to get directly involved in that.
00:39
You see, it looks like they're currently east down on 66 from I-5-2016.
00:50
Update to the lake with the pursuit[1]s. They have one at gunpoint south and Mary in south-five-four update.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
pursuit: Active vehicle pursuit in progress
[2]
sticks: Spike strips (tire deflation device)
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Location mentioned:
Near S 56th St, Tacoma, WA 98408
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