Man enters a home, confronts the resident, flees in the resident's black Mercedes. Police later recover the stolen Taurus nearby. Man approaches a woman walking across the parking lot, demands her car keys, and flees in her 1996 Ford Explorer. Police later recover the stolen Mercedes in the hotel's parking lot. Man points gun at a woman in the Manhattan Shopping Center, demands her car keys, flees in the woman's black 1999 Mercedes convertible.
Police later recover the stolen Explorer nearby.
The suspect leads them on a high-speed chase toward Federal Way. Man crashes the Mercedes into a retaining pond, runs away from the crash site, manhunt ensues. Using helicopter, tracking dogs and patrol officers from several jurisdictions, the suspect is later determined to be inside an unoccupied home near crash site. Investigators trace the telephone number to the residence, make contact with the suspect and begin negotiating with him. By this time, they have recovered a handgun from the front seat of the wrecked Mercedes.