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A person who tried to flee from officers following a site visitors cease and pursuit died after leaping into Buffalo Bayou Friday, police stated.
Officers initiated a site visitors cease on a black Kia Sorrento in west Houston round 2 a.m. Friday earlier than the car fled, main officers to the Second Ward, Assistant Chief Luis Menendez-Sierra stated.
The car gave the impression to be stolen out of Fort Value, he stated.
Close to the 400 block of Jensen, the car drove by a parking zone and struck a guard rail that was main all the way down to the bayou. 4 males exited the car, two of which surrendered to officers.
The 2 different males fled from police on foot and jumped into the bayou. One of many two males instantly began asking for assist as a result of he couldn’t swim. He was transported to a hospital in crucial situation Friday morning.
Officers couldn’t discover the opposite man who jumped into the water. Rescue crews later found the person’s physique within the bayou round 6 a.m.
The 2 males who have been arrested on the scene of the incident have been charged with evading.
The entire 4 males gave the impression to be from Fort Value and ranged in age from 19 to twenty years previous.
“To be sincere with you, after they struck that guard rail, it most likely saved all of their lives,” Mendez-Sierra stated. “If they didn’t strike that, they most likely would have all went into the bayou within the automobile.”
The police division’s murder crew and inner affairs division have been investigating the incident Friday morning.
