What you’re about to read is truly eerie.
A crazed man set a Seattle police cruiser on fire Thursday while an officer was still inside.
The officer was patrolling until he received a call that said a man was carrying a piece of lumber that was on fire.
When the officer arrived at the scene the deranged man starting coming towards the police officer with a burning piece of wood and was able to jam the piece of wood in a tight area which set the cruiser completely on fire.
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The man was later on arrested and the police officer had just minor burns from the ordeal.
Dashcam video shows man attacking Seattle police officer with torch. This video contains graphic content. https://t.co/vea2x7JOMl
— KTVU (@KTVU) October 17, 2020
JUST-RELEASED video shows man in South Lake Union torch a Seattle Police cruiser with an officer inside. Officer is recovering from burns on his hands and a leg injury. (warning: graphic language) pic.twitter.com/tU4lx1FKSS
— Dave Wagner (@DaveWagnerTV) October 16, 2020
Seattle Police released dashcam and bodycam video of a man with a burning piece of lumber attacking an officer. https://t.co/GPq8C1qxg2
— FOX26Houston (@FOX26Houston) October 17, 2020
Fox News wasn’t silent and added these details:
A man set a Seattle police vehicle ablaze in an alley Thursday while an officer was inside, authorities said.
A man was found with a flaming piece of lumber believed to be two-by-two feet, which he threw inside the vehicle while the officer was insidepolice said..
Responding officers chased the man into a parking garage where they used a Taser to subdue him. One officer is believed to have opened fire but the suspect wasn’t hit, the Seattle Police Department said.
As the man was being arrested, the flames from the burning lumber engulfed the entire police vehicle. The officer inside was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening burns.
JUST IN:#Seattle
Newly emerging shows the @SeattlePD patrol car in flames just after a man threw a burning piece of lumber into the occupied cruiser; sending one officer to hospital with injuries. It remains under investigation.
pic.twitter.com/g3rxcQkOcd— Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) October 16, 2020
Authorities took one person into custody after a Seattle Police car was set on fire with an officer inside. https://t.co/rxiQeO41LT
— FOX26Houston (@FOX26Houston) October 16, 2020
The Daily Mail came through with these details:
A man brandishing an enflamed piece of wood launched it into a Seattle Police Department cruiser while an officer was still inside, authorities said.
Officers opened fire and deployed a Taser gun during the dangerous incident that involved an unidentified suspect on Thursday at 1.30pm.
An officer responded to South Lake Union neighborhood over a report that a man was seen carrying a ‘flaming piece of lumber.’
The officer inside the vehicle suffered minor burns, but did not suffer more serious injuries.
There’s a war against the police in Portland and Seattle and the Democrats are silent about it.
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