Police arrest suspect after chase, standoff
Police arrested a suspect after he reportedly barricaded himself in a car for almost three hours Wednesday night in Brooklyn.
The incident began about 8 p.m. when officers chased the suspect from St. Louis into Illinois, according to a KMOV report.
The pursuit ended around Jefferson Street and Illinois 3.
A large number of police officers surrounded the car in Brooklyn, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Police were stationed in the parking lot at the Pleasure Palace, at 213 Washington St.
Police believed the suspect was armed and wanted for kidnapping, according to Illinois State Police Trooper Calvin Dye Jr.
The suspect was arrested sometime after officers used use non-lethal rounds to break out the car’s window, according to the KMOV report.
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This story was originally published January 17, 2018 at 10:41 PM with the headline "Police arrest suspect after chase, standoff."