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5 juveniles, all under the age of 17, arrested after high-speed pursuit

May 8, 2024, 10:23 AM | Updated: 11:51 am

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A Seattle Police Department vehicle. (Photo courtesy of the Seattle Police Department)

(Photo courtesy of the Seattle Police Department)

Seattle police arrested a group of five juveniles, all males each under 16 years old, after they allegedly stole multiple cars. They led officers on a pursuit Tuesday evening that eventually ended in a T-bone collision.

According to responding officers, the group of five — all wearing masks — had been reportedly stealing cars throughout the day. They fled in a stolen vehicle when officers tracked down one of the vehicles involved in an attempted armed robbery they allegedly committed earlier that day.

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With SWAT and King County Sheriff’s Office’s Guardian One helicopter assisting, Seattle police were able to locate the juveniles during the juveniles’ attempted escape. The high-speed pursuit ended when the underage crew collided with a civilian vehicle at NW 80th Street and 15th Avenue NW. No injuries were reported.

The group consisted of two 12-year-olds, a 14-year-old, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, according to “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.

Four of the juveniles were taken into custody at the scene of the collision, while the fifth suspect took police a little longer to track down. He fled on foot, but was soon found not far from the crash scene, according to police.

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The five juveniles are associated with a multitude of violent crimes throughout Seattle that detectives have been investigating for the past few months, police told KOMO News, including robberies and vehicular assaults.

Frank Sumrall is a content editor at MyNorthwest. You can read his stories here and you can email him here.

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