A still image from SPD bodycam video that shows the moments leading up to officers arresting multiple juveniles who led them on a pursuit in a stolen car on the evening of May 7, 2024. The Seattle Police Department arrested two 15-year-olds, a 13-year-old, and two 12-year-olds who crashed a stolen vehicle after being chased by officers.
Chris Alan had just crossed the street here mere seconds before the crash and recorded cell phone video of police arresting three of the juvenile suspects. The kids look terrified,” Alan said. “I was going to intervene with the one that that ran down the road, he looked terrified.No one was injured in the crash, but the juvenile suspects are now facing serious felony charges, and prosecutors say it’s not the first time, with one of them even escaping house arrest before
Not even weeks, and has already allegedly committed other serious violent crimes,” a prosecutor said in court Wednesday during a first appearance hearing for one of the suspects. “He has escaped EHM , and I think he has struggled in the community before. “They had no regard for anyone else,” Alan said. “The car they were in could have, you know, killed that woman and that little girl, and they could have killed me.”