PROSSER, Wash. – Officers responded to an incident at the Sinclair gas station on Merlot Drive where a man allegedly brandished a firearm during a verbal fight. The suspect, driving a silver Honda, fled the scene, prompting a search.

Using Flock cameras, officers tracked the vehicle to Sunnyside. A Sunnyside Police Department officer located the suspect, who then attempted to escape on foot. During the chase, the suspect discarded a firearm in a residential area, which was later recovered.

The suspect, an 18-year-old from Prosser, was eventually found hiding in the trunk of a vehicle belonging to an associate and taken into custody without further incident.

Authorities discovered the suspect was a convicted felon, and the firearm had been reported stolen. The suspect was booked into the

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