SPOKANE, Wash. — A teenager was arrested Friday morning after fighting with police, assaulting a juvenile and carrying a stolen gun.
The Spokane Police Department (SPD) responded to a person with a weapon in the the area of 100 S. Arthur.
According to SPD the suspect, later confirmed as a 16-year old student who is a convicted felon, was walking towards a bus stop with a female.
After ignoring several commands to get off the bus, the female physically interfered with the officers attempting to block them from the male.
According to SPD, a Taser was deployed allowing police to get one handcuff on him. The physical altercation resumed and the male pulled a handgun near his waistband which he tossed under a seat on the bus.
The 16-year-old juvenile male was booked into the Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center on two counts of first degree assault, one count of felon in possession of a firearm, one count of possession of a stolen firearm, one count of assault fourth, obstructing a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest.