Whew! It's been an exciting afternoon for SPD, as an allegedly drunk, allegedly assaulty suspect led officers on a merry chase in an allegedly stolen cop car that ended like this:

Details come from the SPD blog:

Police are still trying to sort out the details of this incident, but it appears that just after 12:15 pm, SPD received a report that the 35-year-old suspect had attacked a 50-year-old man on a bus near Aurora Ave and Denny Way, and fled south on foot through the Battery Street tunnel.

Two patrol officers found the man inside the tunnel and attempted to stop him.

The man attacked the officers and then jumped into an SPD patrol car and took off.

Officers pursued the suspect to W. Olympic Place and 8th Ave. W, where the suspect crashed after running over a retaining wall.

Officers then took the 35-year-old suspect—who appeared to be very intoxicated—into custody.