Police: 2 hospitalized after Newport police chase ends with crash in Cincinnati

Two people were hospitalized Saturday night after a police chase in Northern Kentucky ended in Cincinnati, Newport police said.

Police said officers attempted to stop a vehicle as part of a theft investigation near Newport Pavilion, a shopping district including several stores. The suspect vehicle was blocked behind another parked car before it backed up around a patrol car, police said.

After reversing around the patrol car, the suspects in the vehicle drove toward a Newport police officer, causing him to fire his weapon at the vehicle while they drove at him. Police did not if the officer was injured at all…

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