The hunt is on for a suspect who stole a patrol vehicle out of the Auburn Police Department's city lot Sunday.

The SUV had a police issued rifle locked in a bracket inside the cab, according to authorities. However, police warned the lock was not necessarily unbreakable.

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Auburn police say the suspect climbed a secured fence and then drove through the locked parking lot gate before driving away with the vehicle.

The car is a 2012 Chevy Tahoe with a light bar and Washington tax exempt license plate No. 52815D.

It was last seen moving erratically on northbound Interstate 5 near Interstate 90 Sunday night.

Authorities did not immediately release any information about possible suspects in the case.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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