Two arrested, one at large after spike strip stops fleeing car
Jan 4, 2025, 10:29 AM | Updated: 12:02 pm
Aftermath of a car chase that ended in Salt Lake City on Friday night, Jan. 3. (Unified Police Department)
(Unified Police Department)
SALT LAKE CITY — Officers used a spike strip to stop a fleeing car in Salt Lake City Friday night. Two were arrested after the car fled police, but a third passenger got away.
Officers with the Unified Police Department said police were looking for a stolen vehicle that fled from officers on Thursday. Unified Police said they received word the car had been involved in an aggravated assault with a gun.
Unified Police officers found the car at an apartment complex on Friday, but they weren’t able to confirm where. Police tried to stop the car and used a spike strip to puncture the tires. Officers didn’t pursue it, but detectives were able to trail the car and found it near 400 West North Temple.
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Sgt. Ed Twohill and Lt. Torin Chambers with the Unified Police Department confirmed that police arrested the driver and one of the passengers, but a third suspect was still outstanding. Police were not able to give a description of the suspect, but said they didn’t believe there was any threat to the public.
