Mill Creek officer shoots at suspect
Published 11:35 pm Saturday, January 2, 2010
MILL CREEK — A Mill Creek police officer shot at a man who had led police on a vehicle chase late on Friday. The man wasn’t hit by bullets, police say.
The officer tried to stop a Toyota Sport Utility Vehicle for a traffic violation about 11 p.m., Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz said. The driver didn’t stop, and the officer chased the SUV south on Highway 527 to northbound I-405.
Two other Mill Creek officer and a Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy joined the pursuit, Goetz said.
The chase continued on northbound I-5, where the deputy pushed his cruiser into the fleeing vehicle, causing the driver to lose control.
An officer fired shots. The suspect, 52, wasn’t struck by any bullets, Goetz said. He fought with officers as they arrested him. No one else was in the vehicle.
Several northbound I-5 lanes were blocked for several hours after the incident.
The suspect was taken to an Everett hospital to treat injuries related to resisting arrest. He was expected to be booked into Snohomish County Jail after his release from the hospital.
The officer who fired his gun was placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure. He has been with the department for more than four years.
The shooting is being investigated by the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team. The group of homicide detectives from different law enforcement agencies is called when police in Snohomish County use deadly force.
On Thursday morning a sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man after police were called to a domestic dispute in a Bothell apartment complex where a man was stabbed in the face with a screwdriver. The man who was shot is believed to have been the attacker.
