Early in the daytime of a seemingly typical day, the streets of Burien, WA, became the scene of an armed carjacking, an incident promptly responded to by the local law enforcement. According to a social media post from the Burien Police Department, the victim’s car was taken at gunpoint, and the crime was not immediately reported but came to the attention of the authorities a couple of hours later.
The swift response time of the Burien Deputy made for a constructive chain of events, commencing with the victim’s call and culminating in the capture of a suspect. Reflecting the nature of law enforcement’s day-to-day unpredictability, the officer who took the initial report also broadcast the stolen vehicle’s license plate. This led to a serendipitous sighting of the car by another deputy, merely going about his route on Ambaum Boulevard SW. It was here, at SW 128th Street, that the law decided to reintroduce itself to the suspect…