Police chase with combine ends in gunfire (Kansas)

KSN ^ | Sept. 23, 2015 | KSN

[bgill]

The combine was reported weaving from ditch to ditch on U.S. 56 highway. It struck a guy wire and caused damage to power poles near the intersection of Southeast 10 Road and U.S. 56 Highway. It then continued West and entered the city of Ellinwood around 10:47 p.m. The driver drove through a residential neighborhood, striking several power poles and a 2005 Cheverolet pickup truck parked on the road. The pickup truck sustained extensive damage and the 8-row combine header was torn from the combine. An Ellinwood police officer attempted to contact the driver around 10:52 p.m. While doing so, the driver put the machine in reverse and rammed the Ellinwood police car. The deputy and Ellinwood officer fired approximately 18 rounds at the combine in an effort to disable it.

[Up Yours Marxists]

Well, the guy certainly wasn’t pail, if you catch my drift. I tend to steer clear of any stereotypes, but every now and again they crop up.

[Squantos]

I see whut ya did there ...... corny !

[taxcontrol]

ROTFLMAO - best post of the day!

[taxcontrol]

ROTFLMAO - best post of the day!

[Yo-Yo]

Ye reap what ye sow.

[Steely Tom]

He must have seen “the Hunter” with Steve McQueen on Netflix.

There's also a combine chase in the final minutes of the movie Prime Cut, starring Lee Marvin and Sissy Spacek.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Looks like the guy wanted to be the next Michael Brown, but the police did not cooperate.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Aren’t combines expensive?

Shoot the horse thieves, not the horse!

[Red Badger]

I guess he was a stalker...........................

[Red Badger]

There’s a kernel of truth in there ................somewhere...................

[ConstantSkeptic]

Aren’t combines expensive?

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Also, I don't know where Kansas is in its crop cycle, but in the Upper Midwest the farmers are going to really need their combines starting in the next month. I can't imagine a farmer suffering this kind of loss at this time of year.

[CrazyIvan]

Guy probably went off the deep end after he got a John Deere letter.

[WayneS]

I’d say that qualifies as “extensive damage”.

[CrazyIvan]

“Aren’t combines expensive?”

A new Deere can be over $400,000.00

[Squantos]

Soon to be just fodder.....

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

“Shuck the corn, Gabe! Hyuck, hyuck, hyuck!”

DANG!