“Uzi-Type” Weapon Used to Shoot at Everett Police Officer – Update 4:25pm

The suspect in Sunday night’s officer-involved shooting (a 25-year-old Arlington man) is in the process of being booked into the Snohomish County Jail on the following anticipated counts:

Ø Assault 1 Firearm

Ø Attempting to Elude

Ø Unlawful Possession of a Firearm 1

Ø DUI

Additional details:

Ø Detectives have learned that at the traffic stop at 33rd St. and Rockefeller Ave. the Everett police officer reported that the suspect was holding what looked like an “uzi” type firearm and pointed it at the officer. Later in the investigation, detectives recovered an uzi type firearm in the suspect’s 1984 Cadillac. They also found what appeared to be narcotics in the car.

Ø When officers found the suspect hiding in the apartment, he allegedly told them this incident was his third strike. Detectives discovered the suspect was once convicted of a drive-by-shooting.

Ø The relationship between the apartment residents and the suspect is still unclear, but the suspect reportedly gave the residents $300 after they let him inside.