One dead after Tacoma Police chase
Posted by
Ian Demsky @ 02:42:10 pm
Update:
The driver of a stolen car splashed into the water at the Narrows Marina, killing his passenger, late Saturday night after a police chase, police said.
Just before 10 p.m., Tacoma officers tried to stop a stolen car near S. 19th and S. Stevens Streets, police spokesman Mark Fulgum said. It stopped briefly then took off.
Officer pursued it for about a mile and a half to Mildred St., but called off the chase because high speeds made it unsafe to continue, he said.
“It was very short as far as our end of it,” Fulghum said.
Officers continued west at slower speeds with their lights and sirens off. A Fircrest officer in the area spotted the car and assisted Tacoma officers.
Fulghum said he did not believe any cars were in direct pursuit when the car went into the water where 19th dead ends.
The driver was arrested as he climbed out of the water. His passenger did not survive.
He was booked into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of possession of stolen property, attempting to
allude a police vehicle and vehicular assault.
