Summary

FOR A TENSE 20 MINUTES, KIDNAP SUSPECT RAFAEL CONTRERAS LED POLICE ON A SLOW SPEED CHASE UNTIL HE WAS FACED WITH A DEAD-END ROAD. ALL THE WHILE, THE SUSPECT HAD HIS WIFE BY HIS SIDE WITH A GUN POINTED AT HER HEAD. THE WHOLE THING WAS CAPTURED ON POLICE DASHCAM. WHEN THE SUSPECT'S CAR STALLED, POLICE MADE THEIR CAREFUL MOVE. THE BEGAN PUMPING BULLETS INTO THE TIRES OF THE CAR, BUT THE CHASE SOMEHOW CONTINUED. CONTRERAS GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY HOPING THE DETOUR WOULD LEAD HIM TO FREEDOM. INSTEAD HE ENDED UP ON A DEAD END STREET. THIS IS WHEN HIS BRAVE WIFE MADE HER ESCAPE. SHE RAN INTO THE ARMS OF THE POLICE AND WATCHED AS HER HUSBAND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 285715
Story Slug DOMESTIC HOSTAGE
Location LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
Format DASHCAM
Date 10-6-1997
Archive Time 8:30
TRT 4:00
Video Description COLOR DAYTIME DASHCAM WITHOUT SOUND, WE SEE PULLED OVER BRONCO IN MIDDLE OF ROAD, THERE'S SOME ALTERCATION AND THEN THE BRONCO SPEEDS AWAY COPS FIRE AT HIM A FEW TIMES AND THEN THE CHASE IS ON, SKIP TO CHASE, COPS ARE ON TAIL OF BRONCO AS HE WEAVES THROUGH TRAFFIC, BRONCO THEN ENTERS SOME KIND OF OFF ROAD FIELD AND DOES SOME VERY SHARP AND CRAZY TURNS, BRONCO STOPS AND TONS OF OFFICERS WHIP OUT GUNS AND SURROUND VEHICLE
Description FOR A TENSE 20 MINUTES, KIDNAP SUSPECT RAFAEL CONTRERAS LED POLICE ON A SLOW SPEED CHASE UNTIL HE WAS FACED WITH A DEAD-END ROAD. ALL THE WHILE, THE SUSPECT HAD HIS WIFE BY HIS SIDE WITH A GUN POINTED AT HER HEAD. THE WHOLE THING WAS CAPTURED ON POLICE DASHCAM. WHEN THE SUSPECT'S CAR STALLED, POLICE MADE THEIR CAREFUL MOVE. THE BEGAN PUMPING BULLETS INTO THE TIRES OF THE CAR, BUT THE CHASE SOMEHOW CONTINUED. CONTRERAS GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY HOPING THE DETOUR WOULD LEAD HIM TO FREEDOM. INSTEAD HE ENDED UP ON A DEAD END STREET. THIS IS WHEN HIS BRAVE WIFE MADE HER ESCAPE. SHE RAN INTO THE ARMS OF THE POLICE AND WATCHED AS HER HUSBAND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
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Keywords

COT; AMAZING; CRASH; POLICE; HIGH SPEED CHASE; AMAZING
INCREDIBLE
SHOOTING
FIRING
BULLETS
COPS CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
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