WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: ‘Foot pursuit’ after stolen vehicle spotted in Morgan Junction

3:39 PM: Not related to the bank robbery, according to police, but they’ve just run after – and detained – two people near California/Fauntleroy. This started when officers spotted a stolen car, occupied and moving. The driver pulled into the Thriftway parking lot, and two people were seen running shortly thereafter, with police chasing them on foot. We haven’t yet heard a description of the car, which is apparently still in the Thriftway lot.

3:43 PM: Officers just told dispatch the plates on the car are from a different car. Meantime, an officer is reported to have minor injuries, reportedly from “hopping a fence” in the foot pursuit.

ADDED: This GMC Yukon is the stolen vehicle that was recovered:

According to radio traffic, it was taken in Federal Way.

Chuck Hendryx May 3, 2024 (5:44 pm)

Heart goes out to our “Men in blue” (& women), and the things they have to deal with! Keep up the good work!!!!

Alki resident May 3, 2024 (6:44 pm)

I hope the officer makes a full recovery.

heartless May 3, 2024 (7:31 pm)

From hopping a fence? I think he’ll survive.
- Westsidegirl May 4, 2024 (9:50 am)
  
  Grrrrr!
- Shanti May 4, 2024 (11:05 am)
  
  Well, at least your username is accurate
  - Rhonda May 4, 2024 (12:51 pm)
    
    You win the Internet today, Shanti.
K May 4, 2024 (1:58 pm)

Where is there even a fence between the Thriftway parking lot and the intersection?
- WSB May 4, 2024 (2:03 pm)
  
  Don’t know exactly where they detained the suspect. There are fences to the north and south beyond the lot – the future vehicle charging lot, the separation from the strip mall to the south, etc.

John Smith May 3, 2024 (10:57 pm)

That’s a Yukon XL, not a Yukon. Look at the lower rear area of the rear door. The shorter wheelbase (GMC)Yukon/(Chevrolet)Tahoe has a cutout in the rear door near the rear wheel. The GMC Yukon XL and Chevrolet Suburban rear door has a (relatively) square corner near the rear wheel.

Brian May 4, 2024 (10:02 am)

The keen-eyed among us will note the badge on the rear which says YUKON XL.

tamu May 4, 2024 (9:17 am)

Good work SPD for spotting that stolen vehicle!

tim May 4, 2024 (9:28 am)

Props to the cops! But, why do I see so many cars with no license plates driving around? Why is nothing done about these? What’s the law these days?

Scarlett May 4, 2024 (12:11 pm)

Cops are like IRS agents. People applaud them with “sic em, boy,” naively believing they could never be on the wrong side of the law, so to speak, and be unjustly accused or detained, or even roughed up. It’s the “I’m special” syndrome. No, you’re not. Should something like this ever happen to one of you, it is a brutal introduction to how the real world operates, not the Officer Friendly fantasy.

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