A 15 year old male is in custody after leading police on a chase that ended in Southlake Wednesday morning.
Officers were called out to a major accident at the SH-114/SH-121 split near Main Street.
A juvenile driver of a stolen vehicle struck a barrier dividing the two highways and a Good Samaritan stopped to render aid and call 911. The juvenile suspect then stole the Good Samaritan’s truck and drove away.
A witness followed the juvenile until police located the suspect, and a pursuit began.
The juvenile drove into a culdesac on Chaparral Court in Grapevine where a Grapevine officer got out of his patrol car to approach the suspect, and the suspect started driving towards the officer.
The officer then fired four rounds towards the moving truck and two bullets hit the suspect’s vehicle, none struck the suspect.
The suspect continued to drive away and crashes into another vehicle near Moss Lane and East Dove in Southlake.
The suspect then jumped out and started running southbound through a Southlake neighborhood. Witnesses saw the juvenile go into a backyard and police set up a perimeter and conducted a search, while DPS Air-One helped search for the suspect from the sky.
The suspect was located and taken into custody. He was transported to Baylor Scott and White Medical Center-Grapevine for treatment of a police canine bite.
The investigation is ongoing and multiple charges are expected.
The officer who discharged his weapon is uninjured and on paid administrative leave, pending the outcome of the investigation.
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