Avon police chase shoplifting suspects after they nearly ran over officer
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Avon, OH - An Avon police officer was nearly run over by shoplifting suspects as they fled the Target located in Avon Commons on Monday evening.
Police were called for the theft around 630 p.m.
The suspects left in a white Chevy SUV but got caught up in traffic on Avon Common’s Drive.
An officer exited the police cruiser and demanded that the suspects put the vehicle in park, but the suspect backed up, put it in drive, and hit a vehicle that was in front of them. The suspects then jumped the curb, nearly striking the officer, and headed westbound on Detroit Road.
The SUV led police onto I-90 East, entering from State Route 83.
Officers pursued the suspects for several miles, at times at speeds approaching 115 MPH, according to police.
Avon police contacted several westside police departments to lend a hand in the pursuit, but the cruisers weren’t in position to help as the pursuit went through those communities at a very high rate of speed.
Avon Police eventually ended the chase near West 25th and I-90 and returned to their city.