SHARED BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE– SHOWING A CAR CHASE FROM LAST WEEK. DEPUTIES SAY– IT ALL STARTED– AFTER AN ARMED CAR JACKING AT A GAS STATION– NEAR RIO BRAVO– AND BROADWAY. A DRIVER– WAS GASSING UP– WHEN THEY SAY– A MAN WITH A MASK– ARMED WITH A RIFLE– GOT OUT OF A BLUE S-U-V… AND DEMANDED THEIR TRUCK. DEPUTIES SPOTTING THE STOLEN TRUCK.. AND -S-U-V… NEAR A HOME ON WALLACE STREET. VIDEO SHOWS– THE SUSPECT– MATTHEW HUNTER– TRYING TO DRIVE OFF IN THE S-U-V… CAUSING DEPUTIES– TO INITIATE A CAR CHASE THAT CHASE– ENDING NEAR ISLETA AN VALVERDE… WITH A PIT MANEUVER
Caught on Camera: BCSO deputies chase suspect in stolen car
Deputies say suspect is a repeat offender faces multiple charges
Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies were led on a high-speed stolen car chase that ended with a PIT maneuver, bringing the suspect and the SUV he was driving to a sudden stop.It was all captured on the video shown here.It began at a gas station near Rio Bravo and Broadway, where a masked man with a rifle got out of a truck and demanded that a man getting gas hand over his SUV. Soon after, BCSO deputies spotted the SUV and the truck at a home near Wallace Street. That’s when the suspect, Matthew Hunter, drove away in the SUV at a high speed with the BCSO vehicle on his tail.The deputies were able to pull alongside the SUV and execute a Pursuit Intervention Technique, or PIT maneuver, where the officer uses the front corner of their vehicle, causing the fleeing suspect’s vehicle to spin.Hunter, a repeat offender, was arrested and faces charges including aggravated assault of an officer, aggravated fleeing an officer, receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle, armed robbery, and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer..
Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies were led on a high-speed stolen car chase that ended with a PIT maneuver, bringing the suspect and the SUV he was driving to a sudden stop.
It was all captured on the video shown here.
It began at a gas station near Rio Bravo and Broadway, where a masked man with a rifle got out of a truck and demanded that a man getting gas hand over his SUV. Soon after, BCSO deputies spotted the SUV and the truck at a home near Wallace Street. That’s when the suspect, Matthew Hunter, drove away in the SUV at a high speed with the BCSO vehicle on his tail.
The deputies were able to pull alongside the SUV and execute a Pursuit Intervention Technique, or PIT maneuver, where the officer uses the front corner of their vehicle, causing the fleeing suspect’s vehicle to spin.
Hunter, a repeat offender, was arrested and faces charges including aggravated assault of an officer, aggravated fleeing an officer, receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle, armed robbery, and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer.
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