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Vehicle flees police and exits at 19th Street in TacomaTacoma WA

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S 19th St, Tacoma, WA

A black sports car fled from police along State Route 16 near Olympic Drive and slowed near Jackson before exiting at 19th Street in Tacoma. The vehicle drove on the shoulder and was traveling at speeds near the speed limit on wet roads. The pursuit was monitored by law enforcement but was not continued beyond the exit.

Audio|Source: Washington State Patrol Dispatch - Dist 1 East / West
05:15
Transcript:
00:00
14-6 to come on that vehicle from a distance,
00:09
where East 16 approach an Olympic right now.
00:21
Is anybody available for Spikes if they're approved anywhere?
00:29
Sorry the reason for soft was grabbing on the shoulder.
00:34
Right, and I don't know if there's a mechanical issue or something with the car, but it can't drive very fast.
00:39
If he's been trying to swore it, he's not really going anywhere.
00:42
We're, uh...
00:44
Eastbound 16 just passed Olympic Drive.
00:46
He's in the H-O-V lane.
00:50
Traffic conditions?
00:54
Traffic light.
00:55
There's nobody out in the H-AV lane.
00:58
It's raining roadways wet.
01:01
He's probably doing maybe the 70s near 80.
01:09
4366-1.
01:11
16-12. I'm on the air.
01:13
They're at Kelma Sergeant that can monitor.
01:21
2.05 for the device monitor.
01:29
16-90s.
01:34
11-5-coming UTL[1],
01:38
East 512 to South 16-7.
01:40
Any additional calls?
01:43
No additional calls.
01:46
05.5.
01:48
11-5.
01:53
I don't know, mid-80s?
02:00
And verify not activate.
02:02
No,
02:04
I think so. Come up, you the other question.
02:09
All right, take five.
02:15
And verify that address for the return is in Rustin, so we could have either one of our units or TPD or Rustin PD head to the address.
02:30
Right, it's compression returns out of Ruston.
02:34
Verify initially to just help home this year.
02:38
(name withheld), he fled.
02:39
I try to light him up for driving on the shoulder.
02:41
West 16th hit the Olympic,
02:43
and he fled up the right shoulder with my lights with fire and activated and I shut down.
02:52
1-6-3-2-over-reach.
02:57
And 436. Go ahead.
02:59
Speed, 436 is going there.
03:03
I'm going 73.
03:05
He's up ahead of me.
03:07
He doesn't have many headlights on it.
03:08
I don't know about the headlights.
03:10
And it's a black.
03:11
It's not silver.
03:12
It's a black like Nissan 350 or 3070 Z.
03:15
We're in the curve now at Jackson.
03:17
Traffic's a little thicker, but he's doing the speed limit now.
03:32
406 on or Tacoma I'm put proceeding and back just not to spook them so it keeps driving normal we're coming up on Pearl.
03:43
So I'm Norafat 56 traffic is heavy in both directions trying to get to the interchange at 16.
03:56
163, 6th.
03:59
960s from you can attach me
04:12
Now move it over to lane one coming up on 19th, probably going to exit.
04:22
Verify exiting to 19th move?
04:26
We'll see here.
04:28
Yeah, exiting to 19th westbound, so exit 2A.
04:33
Adam.
04:43
Let's see, it's never in pursuit, but he's not going to continue straight.
04:52
So at the south side at the bottom of the ramp you can eat straight.
05:00
The vehicle continues straight straight of the south side of the bottom of the ramp.
05:10
I guess I'll try to head to the address this they don't want me to follow anymore.
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S 19th St, Tacoma, WA
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