Crashes and gunfire in two-hour police chase in southern Alberta
Posted Jun 15, 2017 03:31:47 PM.
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RAYMOND, Alta. – A man and a woman are in custody and several firearms have been seized after a wild police chase through southern Alberta that involved gunfire and several crashes.
RCMP in Raymond say they attempted to stop a stolen pickup truck on Wednesday when it backed up into a cruiser and took off out of town.
They tracked the truck to a field where it rammed another cruiser and officers opened fire, but couldn’t bring it to a stop.
Police say the chase continued for almost two hours and covered almost 100 kilometres at a top speed of 170 km/h.
It ended when officers rammed the truck and arrested the suspects.
Police say a rifle, a shotgun, and a loaded sawed-off shotgun inside the vehicle.