Armed Kennewick Car Prowler Captured Inside Vehicle

Kennewick Police apprehended an armed car prowler early Sunday morning, but the suspect was anything but cooperative.

  The suspect tossed a firearm under a nearby car

Early Sunday morning,  Police responded to an area near the 300 block of East 8th Place after getting a call from a witness about a car prowler.

A male suspect was seen walking through the area, tugging on the door handles of multiple vehicles. When a Kennewick Officer arrived, he found 18-year-old  Israel Aguirre inside a car that was not his.

Aguirre refused to follow commands, and tried to walk away from the Officer. When a second Policeman arrived, he still refused, and wouldn't take his hands out of his pockets.  He tried to toss an object under a nearby vehicle, and finally, he was subdued and taken into custody.

Under the nearby car, Police found an unloaded gun without a serial number. The suspect scuffled with Police, and had to be placed in safety restraints, he was not injured, on Officer suffered minor cuts to his hands.

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Aguirre is now in the Benton County jail on multiple car prowling charges, and the firearm is also being investigated.