WRONG WAY CHASE (2-28-1998)
IT STARTED AS A DOMESTIC DISPUTE BETWEEN BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND AND IT ENDED WITH BULLETS FLYING AND WINDSHIELDS SHATTERING.AFTER THE GIRLFRIEND REPORTED HER CAR STOLEN, HER RECENTLY DUMPED BOYFRIEND TURNED UP WITH THE MISSING VEHICLE AND A GUN. THE BOYFRIEND WAS TRYING TO GET INTO THE APARTMENT THEY HAD ONCE SHARED. POLICE SPOTTED THE MAN PULLING OUT OF THE COMPLEX. HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND APPEARED TO BE UNHARMED, DESPITE SIGNS OF WINDSHIELD CRASHING GUNFIRE.AFTER THE OFFICERS PULLED OVER THE MAN, OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND THE DRIVER WITH A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL POINTED AT HIS OWN HEAD. THE "SUICIDE STANDOFF ONLY LASTED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE SUSPECT SPED OFF.THE SUSPECT EVENTUALLY LOST CONTROL OF HIS SPEEDING CAR AND IT LANDED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF A CONCRETE LANE BARRIER. POLICE SAY HE THEN TURNED AND SPED DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE WRONG WAY, WEAVING IN BETWEEN THE ONCOMING CRUISERS, WHICH TURNED AND FOLLOWED.the stolen car struck an innocent motorist before spinning out of control in a cloud of smoke and being hit by a squad car, ending the chase. both suspect and crash-victim were flown to a nearby hospital and treated for their injuries. the suspect would later be found to be intoxicated at the time.