A police chase which began south of Edmonton on April 6 ended near Airdrie’s 40th Ave. overpass.
According to RCMP, at 6:10 p.m., Wetaskiwin RCMP located a stolen GMC 1 ton vehicle at the Bear Hills truck stop in Bear Hills, AB. Upon determining the vehicle was stolen, responding officers requested assistance from the Alberta Real Time Operations Centre (RTOC), RCMP Police Dog Services (PDS) for a Tactical Vehicle Intervention Technique (TVIT), and deployed a Tire Deflation Device (TDD). The suspect immediately rammed past the PDS vehicle disabling it.
The stolen vehicle fled the area south bound on Hwy 2. Police were able to successfully deploy resources from Central Alberta District and the Red Deer Crime Reduction Unit to covertly monitor the vehicle. Once south of Red Deer, assistance was provided by Calgary Police Service – HAWK One.
Police were able to locate and successfully apprehend the vehicle and suspect on Hwy 2 at the 40th Avenue overpass south of Airdrie. The RCMP ERT Team was successful in conducting a second Tactical Vehicle Intervention, deploying an additional Tire Deflation Device at Hwy 2 and Secondary Hwy 72 to bring the flight from police event to a conclusion.
No officers or subjects involved were injured during this incident, which spanned 200 km of Hwy. 2.
The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending.