MANSFIELD – A man who police believed was intoxicated led them on a brief chase that ended in a crash and the suspect’s death Monday afternoon.
Travis Waybourn, assistant chief with the Mansfield Police Department, said police were called just before 12:30 p.m. about a reckless driver, driving in the wrong direction in the area of Lone Star and Highway 287.
Waybourn said officers located the vehicle near F.M. 917 and Jessica Dr. in Johnson County. When they tried to pull it over, the driver “displayed a firearm” and fled.
Police pursued the vehicle through Johnson and Tarrant counties “reaching very high speeds.” Waybourn said the suspect shot at the officers several times while they were chasing him and one officer returned fire but did not strike the suspect.
The suspect led police into Burleson and outside agencies were called in to assist, Mansfield police said. He then led the chase back into Mansfield, where he rear-ended another vehicle and wrecked his car near the intersection of Broad St. and Highway 360, said Waybourn.