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Watch: Bizarre bodycam video shows Seattle burglar chugging gasoline as police arrest him at gunpoint
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Watch: Bizarre bodycam video shows Seattle burglar chugging gasoline as police arrest him at gunpoint

A bizarre scene unfolded as police officers tracked down a burglar at a Seattle home. The home invasion suspect is seen on police bodycam video chugging gasoline as officers went to arrest him.

Around 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Seattle police received a 911 call from a father reporting that a man with a wooden stick had broken into his home. The father was not home at the time, but his 17-year-old daughter was at the house when the home invader entered.

Police arrived at the residence, but the front door was locked and nobody answered the door. Police said the teen girl was "too afraid" to answer the door.

Bodycam video shows police busting down the door after they heard banging noises coming from the home. Officers then searched the home for the girl and the suspect.

The burglary suspect was found inside the garage. He had locked himself inside the homeowner's white SUV and refused to exit the vehicle when instructed by police officers who were pointing their guns at the suspect.

Bodycam footage shows the suspect chugging gasoline out of a plastic container. He also had a hammer in his lap.

The Seattle Police Department said officers were forced to break the driver-side window of the car because the suspect was "endangering his own life" and because of "the hazard the gasoline created."

As police broke the window, the suspect is seen on bodycam video chugging more gas, prompting one officer to quizzically ask, "What the...?"

An officer ordered the man to "drop the gas."

Officers opened the door and then dragged the reluctant suspect out of the car.

Four officers are seen on bodycam video restraining the man.

The suspect – whom police did not identify – was arrested for residential burglary. The 40-year-old male suspect was treated by paramedics and then booked into a King County jail.

The teen was found unharmed on the second floor of the home and brought to safety.

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Paul Sacca

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