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17-year-old Ordered to be Held as Prosecutors await Felony Referral from Judge Concerning Crash and Shooting..

Seattle Today Newsroom
August 19, 2026
17-year-old Ordered to be Held as Prosecutors await Felony Referral from Judge Concerning Crash and Shooting.
17-year-old Ordered to be Held as Prosecutors await Felony Referral from Judge Concerning Crash and Shooting. Picture Credit: Jakub Klucks

A 17-year-old that was arrested near the Seattle-Tukwila border last week, was arrested after a police chase down ended in an intense head-on crash. The 17-year-old has been held in secure detention as prosecutors continue to wait for felony case refresh from police.

On August 12th, undercover Seattle police officers chased down a stolen Dodge Challenger in connection with a series of armed robberies across the city. Following the reports from the Seattle police arrest report, the undercover officers followed the Challenger on Martin Luther King Jr. Way South before it turned into South Keyon Street.  Two men were reported standing outside the Challenger with guns and opened fire on the officers vehicles on sighting them.

The officers chased down the Challenger through Seattle Rainier beach neighborhood until it crashed with another car on the same way. There suspects were apprehended one of whom was the 17-year-old in question.

King County Prosecutors have yet to receive a delve case referral from the police that concerns the 17-year-old but will await news to come by Thursday for decision to charge.

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