SEATTLE - Authorities took one person into custody after a Seattle Police car was set on fire with an officer inside.According to the Seattle Police Department, an officer was called to the area of Dexter Ave.
and John Street for the report of a man with a piece of wood on fire."The officer found the man, who threw the flaming lumber—believed to be a 2×2—into the patrol vehicle while the officer was still inside," police wrote in a news release.Officers chased the suspect into a nearby parking garage where they stunned the man and took him into custody.The officer was taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening burns.AdvertisementPolice said one officer fired a weapon, but the suspect was not struck.Lawrence Pimpleton.