Gun theft suspect accused of jumping into Mon River to escape police after chase in Pittsburgh

A gun theft suspect was arrested after police say he led officers on a chase and crashed into a pole near Pittsburgh’s Station Square.

According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, police tried to pull a vehicle over at the intersection of Wood Street and Forbes Avenue at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Officers said they suspected that the driver was the person responsible for stealing guns from a vehicle in a parking garage in Downtown Pittsburgh earlier in the day. The vehicle took off before a traffic stop could happen.

Pittsburgh Police terminated the pursuit, but members of the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office said the fleeing vehicle drove past one of their units right after that happened…

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