Suspect in stolen vehicle rams patrol car while trying to flee

Just after 3:30PM, Community Police Team (CPT) detectives located a vehicle parked behind a business in the 13000 blk 48th Ave S that had been reported stolen on April 23rd out of King County.

As detectives approached the vehicle, the suspect who is an adult male from Kent attempted to flee in the vehicle. In the process, he rammed one of the detectives marked patrol vehicles. The suspect and a passenger in the vehicle exited the vehicle and fled on foot.

Officers located the suspect driver in the 13000 blk Gateway Dr. He was taken into custody without incident and claimed to have ingested narcotics. The passenger was not located.