Police detain two suspects after pursuit near Portland Avenue, Tacoma WA
WeaponsPolice pursued and detained two suspects hiding behind a house near East 54th and Portland Avenue. A third suspect fled toward East 55th Street, and officers searched nearby backyards. Officers coordinated containment and checked for discarded weapons while managing risk of crossfire during the operation.
Audio|Source: Tacoma Police Dispatch - South
04:25
Transcript:
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Copy east round towards for on.
00:02
And I'm holding the alley right here at 55th in east end.
00:10
I'm looking at dead ends with no access to Portland unless they run through a whole bunch of brush.
00:22
smoking for the affirmative for the unit there at the alley, they're behind that house that's off to your right-hand side, your passenger door,
00:31
you go past that house and then turn left, they'll be behind that house in the brush.
00:38
Copy. I'll hold here.
00:39
Get me another unit up to 5-4.
00:41
It should be just east of the east end, Nora,
00:45
southwest corner.
00:46
Smokey, if you want to call out that house address here, it's a single story white and color, light blue trim.
00:50
I've got a second unit here with me.
00:54
That's what we do.
00:55
That's one four zero two.
00:57
They're behind that. And they're running again,
01:00
two backyards behind that house.
01:02
Going more towards the east.
01:05
So those units that are out there on Portland Avenue, let's have 5-4 in Portland be prepared to move up in contact.
01:10
I'm going to hold my position here to the left, and they even have my double back.
01:25
They're still behind that house, more on the E 54th St side, but they're still behind the same address.
01:35
For that unit on foot going down the street there, they're just off your right.
01:40
Yeah,
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it's 140A. I got him in the backyard there.
01:47
Yeah, for the unit on foot right there, they're back in those trees.
01:53
Reaching. These are going to be...
01:55
I'm freezing right now.
02:04
Let's give priority of fire to the guys in the alleyway.
02:07
I'm going to kind of clear out a little bit here on which forth.
02:14
Proceeds. Priority to the alley 1944?
02:19
Is that eastbound in the alley?
02:23
Is it the small shed or is it the actual residence proper?
02:33
They appear to be coming out with hands up towards the alley.
02:37
We've got two coming out right now, hands up.
02:39
We've got light-skinned (name withheld), gray over jeans, and the other one that's red.
02:44
Do you know my hands up next for it?
02:52
And then if you're able to look for that third guy that boogie.
03:01
And Smoky 3, the third one that split off was closer to 55th.
03:06
We're going to look for some backyards and see if we can spot him again.
03:13
Steve, we're detaining the two right now.
03:15
And Smoky, do you see any discarding of any weapons at all, potentially? We're going to still hear you check, but it's going to narrow our search.
03:29
In Paul 3, do you confirm you wanted fire to your location? And can you say for what? Negative.
03:34
I said give priority, priority of fire, because I'm guys in the alley to expect crossfire.
03:38
But I don't need fire right now.
03:42
That's free.
03:51
We've got two walking out right now, back up to patrol vehicles.
03:54
235-1-36 remaining in the alley.
03:56
And Smolki, what was the last on that third subject? Okay,
04:03
we're still trying to verify,
04:06
but it was back further along that block closer to the 55th side, I think.
04:12
We're just checking some backyards, so we don't have anything again.
04:17
Receive.
04:18
Myself, 136, we're going to do evidence track through the backyard here.
04:21
The residents that you call that, we contacted that just to see if they just heard any firearms.
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Location mentioned:
Portland Ave E & E 54th St, Tacoma, WA 98404
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