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Suspect Arrested After Throwing Brick at Seattle Fire Department Medic 18 Truck

Seattle Police arrested a 60-year-old man for felony assault and malicious mischief after he threw a brick at a Seattle Fire Department truck Tuesday afternoon in the Wallingford neighborhood.

Shortly after 12:00 p.m., dispatch received multiple reports of a man who threw a brick at the SFD Medic 18 truck near the intersection of North 45th Street and Bagley Avenue North. When officers arrived, they learned SFD paramedics were inside the truck and were driving with lights and sirens to a medical aid call. None of the paramedics were injured. The truck had significant damage to the windshield.

Officers located the suspect nearby and took him into custody.

The suspect was booked into King County Jail.