KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Three people are facing multiple felonies after a carjacking, a high-speed chase across southern Kalamazoo and a fiery wreck.
Just before 11:00 p.m. Friday, the trio reportedly approached a group in the 100 block of West Cedar Street in the Vine Neighborhood, implied they had a gun and demanded all their possessions. The group then stole their car and drove away.
Kalamazoo Public Safety spotted the vehicle at South Westnedge Avenue and Crosstown Parkway and attempted to pull it over, but the driver bolted.
During the chase, the suspects rammed a Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s cruiser and a city patrol car when they ducked through a parking lot on Kilgore Road.
The chase ended when the driver turned onto Peekstock Road, a dead end, and crashed when they ran out of pavement. The car then burst into flames.
The thieves ran into a nearby wooded area, but were captured and booked into the Kalamazoo County Jail.
