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Brooklyn Park police say an attempted traffic stop led to a vehicle crash early Saturday morning.
Four people inside the vehicle then fled into a wooded area and escaped.
Police say the incident stemmed from a carjacking in Minneapolis.
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (FOX 9) – Brooklyn Park police say they attempted to arrest four people believed to be connected to a carjacking in Minneapolis before the suspects fled into a wooded area early Saturday morning.
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Minneapolis police confirmed the incident stemmed from an assault and robbery that happened in Dinkytown about half an hour earlier.
Carjacking suspects flee police in Brooklyn Park
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An officer with the Brooklyn Park Police Department reportedly tried to stop a westbound vehicle that was speeding on Edinbrook Terrace around 4:50 a.m. on Saturday.
That vehicle then left the roadway when it reached the 8600 block of Zane Avenue North, police say.
Authorities say four people inside the vehicle then fled into a nearby wooded area.
The suspects were reportedly not located despite help from multiple agencies, two K-9 units and a drone.
The vehicle came from an armed carjacking in Minneapolis and the gun believed to have been used in the carjacking was recovered, police say.
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This story uses information shared by the Brooklyn Park Police Department.