A stolen black xB Classic appears to have been destroyed after being shot at by police and crashing into a police car at about 39the and Steele in Tacoma (near the Tacoma Mall).

The Tacoma Police car appears to have rammed into the stolen Scion head-on to stop the chase that had begun a little earlier when the person driving the stolen xB appears to have purposely hit a Tacoma police officer, and shots were fired (by the police).

This is all "breaking news" level information at this time, and of course subject to change, correction, additions, etc.

The driver of the xB was arrested after it was hit by the police car (both airbags deployed). The xB driver WAS injured and treated at the scene, but with this early information it is unsure when those injuries were sustained (shooting, crash, or elsewhere). The perp appeared to have blood on face and neck.

I'll poke around to see if I can find the aerial shots from KING TV's chopper, and will post a link if possible.

Someone, though, seems to have lost a nice little box - probably a 2006.5, with the optional rear airfoil. (Considering the damage to the police car, the xB stood up pretty darned well. Too bad the damage means it will probably be treated as totaled.

From the Tacoma News Tribune:

Here's some pics I've dredged up of the end of the chase...













Poor little box.


Dean J. Koepfler/The News Tribune

A man suspected of using a stolen car to run down a Tacoma Police officer is wheeled to a waiting medic unit Monday, June 9, 2008, after Tacoma Police arrested the man with the help of a Pierce County Sheriff's K-9 unit.


Janet Jensen/The News Tribune

Police tape secures an area where the driver of a stolen vehicle reportedly struck a Tacoma police officer in the Cost Plus World Market parking lot at 4036 Tacoma Mall Blvd. on Monday morning, June 9, 2008. The officer's injuries were unknown. The man then led police on a high-speed chase. Officers tracked and arrested the man with the help of the sheriff's K-9 unit.

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Yeah, just turn him over to us for a bit at the Tacoma M&G this Friday - we'll settle his stuff a little bit... (Bet we could get one heck of a turnout, too!)

Anyone recognize the Box? Do we know who's it is?

Last minute video: http://www.king5.com/video/index.html?nvid=252958&shu=1

This post was last modified: 06-09-2008 02:50 PM by Tomas.

why would you try to OUTRUN THE COPS IN AN XB?

Idiot.

Because you just ran over one and they're shooting at you?

maybe he figured that he would become famous as " the guy who tried to outrun the police in a xb "

This post was last modified: 06-09-2008 03:22 PM by litos_06.

unless you have that xb with the v8 in it you aret going to out run anything except maybe a turtle.lol
some people are so stupid sometimes.

An update on the Tacoma News Tribune breaking news article:

Highlights in article added by Tomas.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/break...84657.html

This post was last modified: 06-09-2008 03:38 PM by Tomas.

Thats really sad.

Yes, absolutely. Someone lost their irreplaceable xB Classic to some $#*&@@!#...

A little more info on the stolen xB and the chase.

The police were able to find the box because of LoJack (which I have always said simply allows an owner to find out where the bigger pieces were left...).

The "chase" lasted for about 20 minutes.

Here are video clips from KIRO TV:

This one is of their broadcast news story...
http://www.kirotv.com/video/16551138/

And this one is of the raw video that wasn't broadcast...
http://www.kirotv.com/video/16551138/

Seeing these additional pics of the front to the box, the front end is all twisted out of alignment, and the drive train (front axles, transmission, engine) is definitely toast.

Also, there was a good shot of the license plate: 889 XAC.

RIP Little Box.

Can't you look up the license plate online?

I would HATE to have my box stolen, but I would laugh hysterically at the person that does. It's not like our cars are Civics or Camarys that you see absolutely everywhere.

Nope! Not in this state (Washington). That is private information, not public.

The police can get that information, but other than in some exceptional cases, are not allowed to provide that information to the public.

I'd rather out-run the cops in a rickshaw.

I'd rather out-run the cops in a rickshaw.

Aw, c'mon. He hit around seventy in the Mall parking lot, and was running city streets at nearly a hundred until he took out a police car (and injured the officer driving). The little box did quite well.

If fact, looking at the overheads, there were a LOT more crunchy police car parts spread all over the scenery than there were box parts...

The really bad part is that this 12 time convicted felon made some poor soul lose their beloved box.

That's because the cop cars were Fords. They were falling apart, anyway

That's because the cop cars were Fords. They were falling apart, anyway

HI 5 ON THAT!!



i think id have to laugh a someone for stealing my car too.
#1 there is nothing inside the car worth stealing
#2 ist very noticeable, your be better off stealing a DeLorean
i could only imagine the hell someone would go threw if they stold my car.