What a crazy scene in Pierce County today. About 2:30 AM Saturday 3 guys bust into the garage of a Lake Tapps home which is about 40 minutes from Seattle. The homeowner was there when it happened. She was able to lock herself inside her bedroom and called 911.
Cops arrived on the scene about 5 minutes later and caught the men trying to break into a safe in the garage. Two of the guys made a bee-line for their car. Another crook ran for it into the woods. The guys in the car hit the gas...and, tried hitting one of the Deputies. The Cop fired off several shots and ended up killing the driver. The passenger was wounded but is expected to live.
The guy that was killed behind the wheel ended up driving the car through a neighbors fence over a cliff and down into a ravine where it smashed into a tree.
The third guy was last seen booking it down towards the shoreline of Lake Tapps. Cops didn't catch him, but they grabbed the gun he dropped. Several neighbors told me they saw the guy cruising through their yards.
I talked with cops tonight and they are working the angle that the burglars were tipped off about the safe in the garage. Detectives believe a relative of the burglars might have been inside the home prior to the crime to case it for the crooks.
The 25 year old suspect that was wounded is expected to live. He's in a Tacoma Hospital talking with Detectives. Sources tell me they are very close to identifying all three men. Also, it's just a matter of time until the last bad guy is caught.
Neighbors told me things were buzzing when the shooting went down. Helicopters in the air searching for the suspect, K-9 units on the ground looking in the woods.
The Pierce County Sheriff's Deputy that shot the two suspects has been placed on administrative leave which is standard procedure.
The Medical Examiner has yet to identify the burglar that was shot and killed.
Anyone with information about this crime is urged to call Police.
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