Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: Sep 06, 2007

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Randy Patrick, Night-side P.I.O.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Traffic Stop

Shreveport Police need the public help in finding a man who fled from police in a stolen vehicle crashing his car and then fled on foot.

The chase began when a patrol officer noticed a vehicle speeding on Kings highway near Youree drive. When the officer attempted to make a traffic stop the vehicle pulled into a business driveway and then sped away eastbound on Kings.

The vehicle made a U-turn and headed back toward Kings and Centenary. The driver attempted to make a left turn to head northbound on centenary from kings but was unable to maneuver his car and crashed in a parking lot at the corner of Centenary and Kings Highway.

That's where the driver fled on foot going westbound in an alley.

The driver of the vehicle is described as a black male in his mid 20's. between 5'5" and 5'6" weighing about 160 pounds. The driver had facial hair and was thin in stature and build.

Information can be left with crimestoppers at 673-7373 or by logging onto the crimestoppers website at www.crimestoppersshreveportcaddo.com.

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