Dashcam shows chase with gunfire in Dayton, ends with truck crushing police cruiser
Dashcam shows chase with gunfire in Dayton, ends with truck crushing police cruise.
At least one police cruiser and a deputy’s car were damaged as the chase came to a close.
A large police presence formed on U.S. 35 near the Liscum Drive intersection, around five miles west of Dayton’s downtown.
As of 3 p.m., the roadway was closed in both directions between Abbey Road and Infirmary Road with three different active crime scenes, according to Trotwood Police Chief Erik Wilson. The roadway reopened by 8:30 p.m.
During a 3 p.m. news conference, the Trotwood and Dayton police chiefs and the Montgomery County Sheriff said the incident started around 10:54 a.m.
Dispatchers for Trotwood police first got a report of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle in the Voyager Village trailer park. When officers arrived, they found a woman who had been struck by a white pickup truck.
The suspect that struck her then quickly drove past officers and pointed a long gun at them from the truck’s window, according to Wilson. The officers began chasing the suspect, who went east on U.S. Route 35. and began swerving through oncoming traffic.
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