Police plan to detain armed suspect near Southcenter Mall, Tukwila WA
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WeaponsAs discussed during the dispatch call, law enforcement officers discuss plans to detain a potentially armed suspect near a vehicle in the Southcenter Mall parking garage near BJ's Restaurant. They describe the vehicle's positioning and possible suspect movements, considering containment and safety in a busy public area.
Audio|Heard on: King WA Interop Group Calls
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03:18
Transcript:
00:00
I think you were a little late, Justin.
00:02
Any luck?
00:04
Yep, I am directly southeast of the target vehicle across the parking aisle, about 20 feet away from the car.
00:12
So I should definitely be able to get a good idea on this.
00:15
All right, so let's discuss the game plan.
00:19
Should we see Target walk toward the vehicle?
00:23
If you see the corner of that parking garage directly by the BJ's Restaurant, we are at that first column in the garage looking at Target vehicle.
00:36
Copy.
00:39
Justin, does the vehicle have a positive barrier or a vehicle in front of it?
00:45
That's what I was just going to say.
00:46
It's got, you can see that light pole.
00:48
I believe those light poles are affixed to the ground with a big concrete pillar with about two feet tall.
00:55
So the center of the bumper should be centered right on that, center of the front bumper should be centered right on that pillar for that light pole.
01:02
So a big, good positive barrier.
01:04
And then it's trapped in on both passenger and driver's side.
01:10
So if you could come in, you might even want to just.
01:13
do a pre-drive-by to get a good look at it.
01:16
But you'd come in from the south,
01:20
and then it's going to be off to your left, and you could kind of hug the right side of the parking alley,
01:28
and then nose into it, and you'd have a good nose to rear pin against that pillar.
01:36
Copy.
01:37
I would be able to get to the rear of that vehicle in like two seconds because I'm in a great position.
01:44
I'm just south of it.
01:46
So if Target does walk toward the vehicle and as soon as he gets in the car,
01:52
Justin, if I get the number one, the rear pin, do you think that would be sufficient?
01:59
Yeah, I think his only possibility at that point in time would be him bailing on foot.
02:05
I anticipate he's probably going to be getting in on the passenger side of the vehicle, which is the north side.
02:10
So he could flush northbound...
02:15
I imagine he's going to run northwest away from you at that point, time, from the passenger door, which pushed him back towards, like, the Joey's or the BJs area.
02:27
Copy. That's where John and Jasmine are.
02:31
Janelle, what is your location?
02:34
I'm next to The Cheesecake Factory.
02:36
I'm just worried with all the traffic and stuff that it's going to take a bit to get over there.
02:41
What do we think about how populated the area is trying to take him one foot if he has a firearm?
02:47
I would say that's probably not a good idea.
02:51
I'm just brainstorming some options.
02:54
Yeah, no, I see.
02:56
And I think it might be kind of tricky if we lose them in a parking lot,
03:00
if he'd, like, ducks find a car or something.
03:03
Yeah, so I was just looking at it.
03:04
If he was the duck,
03:06
get over one or two parking aisles and duck down and crawl around, we're going to have a hell of a time containing it and locating them.
03:13
So it's probably as best if he's a positive ID here and then set up for a mobile.
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Location mentioned:
Southcenter Mall, Tukwila, WA 98188
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