Following a dogged pursuit through Indianapolis streets, Westfield Police have announced the arrest of two individuals after a drug and firearms bust, as posted on the department’s social media. On the afternoon of Tuesday, police detectives, keeping close eyes on the 17000 block of Hawaii Court, identified suspicious activity that seemed to echo the well-worn echoes of a drug deal in the making, leading to a tense vehicle chase and eventual arrests.
The ordeal began when an attempted traffic stop, near Keystone Parkway and 116th Street unfolded into a high-speed chase as the suspect’s vehicle dashed eastbound on I-465, racing toward Indianapolis with law enforcement from multiple agencies in hot pursuit—Carmel Police Department, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, and Indiana State Police chipped in, closing the net around the fleeing suspect until a Carmel officer carried out a disabling PIT maneuver, ultimately stilling the outlaw’s escape on Sherman Drive and 25th Street.
In the sequence of events that followed, detailed here, one Kharii Dunbar, the front-seat passenger, attempted an ill-fated escape on foot whereas the driver, a 17-year-old, remained with the vehicle both ending up in custody. Dunbar, a convicted felon, was found with a stolen Glock, a machine gun conversion device, another firearm, and a significant stash of marijuana; both suspects were found to be carrying cash—a detail suggesting the transactional nature of their activities…