Ohio police officers opened fire on a couple who fled from police, hijacked a semi-truck, took the driver of the truck hostage, and led officers on a high speed chase.
. The stop ended abruptly when the couple sped off and then “pointed a gun at [the] pursuing officer.”
The couple fled to a truck stop, where they hijacked a semi-truck. The couple drove the vehicle through multiple counties, in an attempt to escape police, then finally came to a stop, which is when “a hostage situation ensued.”that the semi-truck was near the Dayton International Airport when police deployment of spike strips brought it to a halt.
Negotiations for the release of the hostage began and continued for nearly four hours. Then a Special Response Team from the Ohio State Police approached to rescue the driver and came under fire. The troopers responded by returning fire. Both members of the hostage-taking couple were shot, with the female dying soon after reaching the hospital and the male dying thereafter.AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of
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