Police shoot at resident in high speed car chase
Eric Bradshaw
A Mustang resident led police officers on a six mile chase through the city yesterday, starting in the area of highway 152 and E. Trade Center Terrace and ending at the house of the driver's relatives at 322 S. Mustang Road.
Citing a call from the relatives' house, police intended to initiate a traffic stop of the vehicle when Matthew Eugene Jackson, 20, took it upon himself to rack up charges of attempting to elude police officers, two counts of running a police road block, resisting arrest, and an attempted assault of an officer with his vehicle.
“We got an initial call from 322 S. Mustang Road,” Police Captain Willard James said. “They told us that a man had thrown two bricks to gain entry into his relatives’ residence and that he was observed in the area of Walgreens. Officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop. At this point we knew he had a felony warrant out for his arrest for failure to appear in the Canadian County Court.”
James noted that the vehicle took SH 152 east from the E. Trade Center Terrace intersection to SH 4, then proceeded south to S.W. 89 Street. Jackson led police east to Morgan Road, and then north to SH 152, where he attempted to ram a police unit.
Turning at the Sonic located at SH 152 and Chalyn Lane, he continued south down Chalyn and cut into the Mustang Elementary parking lot, James said.
One of the two school resource officers attempted to stop Jackson in the parking lot, standing nearby but outside his vehicle and the 20-year-old driver tried to hit him with the vehicle. The officer made an evasive maneuver and shot three times at the driver, away from the school, the police captain said.
The chase continued with the driver cutting out onto S. Mustang Road up to the 100 block, through a few yards, and then back onto S. Mustang Road. Four police units attempted to block the driver. He rammed two units causing approximately $2,000 worth of damage, said James.
“The officers said that he was making faces at them when he rammed them,” James said. “When he exited the vehicle where he was finally stopped at 322 S. Mustang Road, the relatives’ address, he cursed and yelled at police officers and a N26 tazer was utilized to gain control of him.”
Eyewitness Mel Edwards, who saw the apprehension of the suspect on Mustang Road described the scene.
“Here come these two unmarked police vehicles with their lights flashing coming southbound on Mustang Road and then this vehicle turns onto Mustang and is going northbound at a high rate of speed,” Edwards said. “The car cut into the driveway and through a yard and then back onto Mustang Road. One of the police cars rammed him but he straightened up and then he was hit again. I was talking to my neighbor and he said that the kid jumped out and he and his mother were hugging.”
Captain James confirmed that the suspect had grabbed hold of a relative but that he was not sure if he was embracing her or holding her in some other way. Once in custody, Jackson continued to resist arrest, James said. The 20-year-old was taken to the local hospital for a medical evaluation and was later to be transferred back to the Mustang police station.
Eric Bradshaw
A Mustang resident led police officers on a six mile chase through the city yesterday, starting in the area of highway 152 and E. Trade Center Terrace and ending at the house of the driver's relatives at 322 S. Mustang Road.
Citing a call from the relatives' house, police intended to initiate a traffic stop of the vehicle when Matthew Eugene Jackson, 20, took it upon himself to rack up charges of attempting to elude police officers, two counts of running a police road block, resisting arrest, and an attempted assault of an officer with his vehicle.
“We got an initial call from 322 S. Mustang Road,” Police Captain Willard James said. “They told us that a man had thrown two bricks to gain entry into his relatives’ residence and that he was observed in the area of Walgreens. Officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop. At this point we knew he had a felony warrant out for his arrest for failure to appear in the Canadian County Court.”
James noted that the vehicle took SH 152 east from the E. Trade Center Terrace intersection to SH 4, then proceeded south to S.W. 89 Street. Jackson led police east to Morgan Road, and then north to SH 152, where he attempted to ram a police unit.
Turning at the Sonic located at SH 152 and Chalyn Lane, he continued south down Chalyn and cut into the Mustang Elementary parking lot, James said.
One of the two school resource officers attempted to stop Jackson in the parking lot, standing nearby but outside his vehicle and the 20-year-old driver tried to hit him with the vehicle. The officer made an evasive maneuver and shot three times at the driver, away from the school, the police captain said.
The chase continued with the driver cutting out onto S. Mustang Road up to the 100 block, through a few yards, and then back onto S. Mustang Road. Four police units attempted to block the driver. He rammed two units causing approximately $2,000 worth of damage, said James.
“The officers said that he was making faces at them when he rammed them,” James said. “When he exited the vehicle where he was finally stopped at 322 S. Mustang Road, the relatives’ address, he cursed and yelled at police officers and a N26 tazer was utilized to gain control of him.”
Eyewitness Mel Edwards, who saw the apprehension of the suspect on Mustang Road described the scene.
“Here come these two unmarked police vehicles with their lights flashing coming southbound on Mustang Road and then this vehicle turns onto Mustang and is going northbound at a high rate of speed,” Edwards said. “The car cut into the driveway and through a yard and then back onto Mustang Road. One of the police cars rammed him but he straightened up and then he was hit again. I was talking to my neighbor and he said that the kid jumped out and he and his mother were hugging.”
Captain James confirmed that the suspect had grabbed hold of a relative but that he was not sure if he was embracing her or holding her in some other way. Once in custody, Jackson continued to resist arrest, James said. The 20-year-old was taken to the local hospital for a medical evaluation and was later to be transferred back to the Mustang police station.
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