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City Of Tukwila <br />Police Department <br />An Accredited Agency <br />•�i <br />PRESS RELEASE <br />DATE TIME: 10 -6 -11 at 9:00 PM <br />TYPE OF INCIDENT: Drug Related Attempted Robbery <br />PRESS CONTACT: Mike Murphy (206) 423 -0761 <br />LOCATION OF INCIDENT: 11600 block 44 Ave S, Tukwila <br />CASE 11 -6667 <br />DESCRIPTION OF OCCURRENCE; <br />Jim Haggerton, Mayor <br />Michael Villa, Chief of Police <br />Drua Deal Gone Bad Results in Damaaed Fire Hvdrant and Minor Flood <br />At about 9:00 P.M. on Thursday, October 6, 2011, two groups of young men met in the Allentown area of <br />Tukwila to exchange marijuana for a promise of money. An 18 year -old Tukwila man and a 20 year -old Seattle <br />man met the other party in the street to conduct the deal. The 18 year -old did bring marijuana for the <br />transaction but the potential buyer decided to point a gun at the seller rather than provide cash. Seeing the <br />gun, the 20 year -old driver put his car in reverse and punched it. He backed only a few feet before hitting and <br />shearing off a fire hydrant. The potential robber fired a shot at the fleeing driver but missed hitting anyone <br />and soon fled in a car. The description of the car does not lead Police to believe it was related to a car jacking <br />in Seattle that had occurred earlier. <br />When Tukwila Police arrived, they found the driver still with his car and a 3 foot high column of water coming <br />from the broken pipe. The fire department estimated that 50 -60 thousand gallons of water flowed out of the <br />broken pipe in the 46 minutes it took to shut off the flow. This caused minor flooding to five houses in the <br />area. <br />As police fanned out in the area looking for suspects, the 18 year -old was found a few blocks away running <br />from the scene. He was detained without incident and marijuana was recovered from him. He has been <br />arrested for possession with intent to sell drugs. <br />Tukwila Detectives are following up on the case and are working on identifying the shooter. <br />No one was injured in this event. <br />DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATIONS: <br />Chief of Police CDO Mayor City Administrator City Clerk's Council Analyst <br />By Email Interoffice By Email By Email Fax By Email By Fax By Email <br />Date Time: <br />Initial: <br />OTHER NOTIFICATIONS: <br />By Fax or Email News Media <br />Date Time: <br />Initial: <br />6200 Southcenter Blvd. Tukwila, WA 98188 Phone (206)433 -1808 Records Fax (206)244 -6181 <br />