A high-speed chase ensued in Rainier Valley leading to the arrest of a gun-toting teenager and his older sidekick after a bold daylight carjacking at a bank ATM, cops said. According to the Seattle Police Department, the suspects — a 17-year-old and a 20-year-old man — confronted a 40-year-old man at approximately 1:04 p.m. on April 7 as he was withdrawing money from an ATM on Martin Luther King Junior Way South, brandishing a handgun and demanding his keys and cell phone.

The victim complied with the thieves who then peeled out in his car, leading to a police pursuit from South Precinct officers who spotted the stolen ride and chased the pair onto eastbound I-90, heading for Mercer Island, a handgun was tossed from the passenger side during the feverish escape attempt. After coming to a halt on Mercer Island, both the driver and the passenger were thrown in cuffs and charged with first-degree armed robbery, the teenage wheelman got booked into the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center while his older cohort landed in the King County Jail, the authorities executed a seamless takedown according to the details obtained by the SPDBlotter.

Cops recovered the discarded firearm with no reported injuries during this nail-biting episode of crime and punishment. 

The Seattle Police Department's swift response helped to ensure public safety and bring the suspects to justice, as they reminded residents to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious activities immediately.