Posted on 09/19/2015 9:54:24 PM PDT by Enlightened1
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) -- San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies in a helicopter shot a suspect involved in a dangerous wrong-way chase and car crash on the northbound 215 Freeway Friday afternoon.
On Saturday, the coroner's office identified the suspect as Nicholas Alan Johnson, 32, of Fontana.
Two cars were involved in the crash near Palm Avenue. A man and a 13-year-old male were treated and released from the hospital. An adult female, believed to be the man's wife, remains hospitalized and is recovering from her injuries.
The suspect was wanted in connection to a prior home-invasion robbery in Fontana. Authorities recognized the suspect's beige Chevrolet Tahoe on Friday around 12:49 p.m. and attempted to conduct a traffic stop when a chase ensued.
The suspect led authorities on a chase through surface streets in Fontana and San Bernardino before he started driving the wrong way in the northbound lanes of the 215 Freeway. At one point, the suspect sideswiped another car.
The suspect reached speeds as high as 100 mph, according to Deputy Olivia Bozek with the sheriff's department.
Deputies inside a sheriff's helicopter realized the suspect was a threat to the public's safety and began firing shots at his car. He then bailed out of the moving vehicle, which then crashed head-on into a blue Dodge Durango.
The suspect eventually collapsed on the side of the road not far from the crash and died. Authorities said the suspe
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Why didn’t the cops shoot away the ignition switch or battery cables, bringing the vehicle to a safe stop?
How about the Left Rear Valve Stem to slowly deflate the tyre?
Why didn’t the cops just really, really, really, really believe they could mind melt with the car and have the car turn itself off?
Isn’t that what school teach these days...you just have to believe?
Just believe.
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