Overview
- Officers responded around 1:40 a.m. to a reported cutting near 27th Avenue and Bell Road, and the suspect fled as a chase began with helicopter support and spike strips.
- The pursuit ended with a crash near 16th Street and Portland Street, after which the suspect tried to run, was arrested, and was taken to a hospital as a precaution before expected booking on multiple charges.
- The person who was cut was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and two occupants of the vehicle struck in the crash were hospitalized as a precaution.
- In a separate incident just before 8:45 a.m. near 7th Avenue and Bell Road, a motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries in a hit-and-run; police say the fleeing vehicle appeared to be a red or maroon car headed west on Bell Road.
- ABC15 later reported a bicyclist was struck and killed around 3 p.m. along Osborn Road east of 16th Street, and investigators are seeking information through Phoenix police or Silent Witness.