Apr 3, 2025

WOOSTER OIS


 

 

WOOSTER OIS 

IN WOOSTER, SOUTH OF AKRON, A TRAFFIC STOP INVOLVING A STOLEN LICENSE PLATE LED TO MULTIPLE POLICE CHASES AND AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING.
POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE CAR AND TRIED TO PULL IT OVER. THE DRIVER TOOK OFF. OFFICERS SAY THEY CALLED OFF THE CHASE AT FIRST BUT THE CAR SHOWED UP AGAIN. WHEN POLICE SAY THEY TRIED TO STOP THE CAR OFFICERS SAY THE DRIVER GOT OUT AND STARTED SHOOTING. OFFICERS FIRED BACK AND THE SUSPECT JUMPED BACK IN THE CAR AND TOOK OFF AGAIN. WAYNE COUNTY DEPUTIES AND STATE HIGHWAY PATROL LATER FOUND THE CAR AND ANOTHER CHASE STARTED. THE SUSPECT FIRED MORE SHOTS AT DEPUTIES BEFORE REACHING WOOOSTER, WHERE OFFICERS CRASHED INTO THE SUSPECT'S CAR. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND THEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.

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