With assist from a Okay-9 unit named Axel, Tacoma police arrested one man Thursday after a reported armed theft at a takeout pizza retailer.
The dispatch name got here at 7:40 p.m., linked to an tackle within the 2300 block of North Pearl Road. Somebody had robbed the pizza retailer at gunpoint.
Officers arrived. Two suspects had been fleeing on foot, in accordance with police spokesperson Wendy Haddow.. Police arrange a Okay-9 (canine) search, counting on Axel, who discovered proof.
“Okay-9 tracked the clothes that one of many guys had ditched,” Haddow mentioned.
Officers discovered one man, who was later booked into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of armed theft. The opposite suspect had not been discovered as of Thursday night.
The investigation is ongoing, Haddow mentioned.
