Police chase in Dearborn ends with deadly crash and intense standoff with driver

The Brief

  • One person is dead and another was arrested after a police chase turned into a standoff in Dearborn.
  • Authorities say they had been tracking a stolen vehicle that Richard Smith allegedly drove throughout the Downriver area.
  • The chase ended in a crash, which killed a female passenger.

DEARBORN, Mich. (FOX 2) A police chase turned into an intense standoff in Dearborn on April 3, leading to the arrest of a Metro Detroit man.

Timeline:

Melvindale police say on Friday, April 3, officers assisted the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) with the arrest of 52-year-old Richard Lee Smith.

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