Carjacking suspect killed in Spanaway police shooting

Police in Spanaway shot and killed a man who is suspected of stealing his neighbor’s car, crashing it into a home, and starting a fire.

Deputies responded on Friday morning around 4:50 a.m. to the report of an armed man, who had taken a neighbor’s car, according to a Pierce County spokesman.

The man crashed the car into a home on 23rd Avenue Court, and it caught fire. As the suspect got out of the vehicle, police fired shots.