Violence Sparks Chaotic Flight (Image Credits: Pixabay)
Mesa, Arizona — Officers ended a dangerous nighttime chase by safely extracting a young child from a suspect’s vehicle after he fled with the boy following a violent altercation.
Violence Sparks Chaotic Flight
The ordeal began just after 10 p.m. near Ellsworth and Ray roads when Denzel Franklin assaulted his girlfriend, the child’s mother.[1][2]
Police documents indicate Franklin broke her phone and shoved a stranger who intervened.[1] He then attempted to run over another bystander before placing his 6-year-old son in the back seat of his SUV and speeding away.[2]…