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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