The Lewisville Police Department (LPD) recently took to social media to clarify details around a high-speed chase that ended on their turf, involving federal agents and a suspect with a hot trail, after a whirl of misinformation spiraled out of control on Facebook. In their post, the Lewisville Police Department sought to set the record straight, stating outright that LPD was simply backing up the feds in a neighbor’s mess that spilled into their jurisdiction.
What rolled out was a Monday mashup of high speeds, Homeland Security agents on a mission, and a suspect they’d been tracking through a net of warrants; the chase hit a climax when the suspect, acting like prey in a hunter’s sight, crossed into Lewisville, setting off alarms and necessitating LPD’s intervention—though they were clear they did not arrest but simply assisted. According to the LPD’s account, Homeland Security agents, anxious to stop a suspect they had been trailing, asked for LPD’s aid after a failed attempt to pull the suspect over—it all went zero to sixty near FM 3040 and I-35E, with the suspect trying to shake off the federal tail, but ended up whacking one of their vehicles instead…