SAN ANTONIO – A high-speed pursuit that began in Atascosa County ended in Frio County on Friday afternoon after deputies say a driver in a heavy-duty dually truck rammed law enforcement vehicles and a deputy fired at the truck\u2019s tires to stop it.<\/p>\n
The Frio County Sheriff\u2019s Office said deputies were notified the pursuit was coming into the county and quickly located the suspect vehicle. Deputies attempted to bring the chase to a safe conclusion, and officers with the Pearsall Police Department assisted by diverting the fleeing vehicle away from city limits and back toward a more rural area.<\/p>\n
Deputies deployed a tire deflation device that flattened several of the truck\u2019s tires, but the driver continued fleeing, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
During the pursuit, the sheriff\u2019s office said the driver began intentionally ramming pursuing law enforcement vehicles. Authorities said units then executed a tactical maneuver to box the vehicle in, and as the suspect tried to break free, a Frio County deputy discharged a firearm, striking and deflating the remaining rear tires. The sheriff\u2019s office said the truck was immobilized and the pursuit ended.<\/p>\n
The sheriff\u2019s office said one male driver was taken into custody and is facing multiple felony charges. No physical injuries were reported, and all deputies and officers involved were safe, though \u201cunderstandably shaken up by the high-stress incident,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n
Multiple Frio County patrol vehicles sustained significant damage after being intentionally rammed, according to the sheriff\u2019s office. The incident remains under active investigation, and the sheriff\u2019s office said the suspect\u2019s identity and specific charges will be released when available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – A high-speed pursuit that began in Atascosa County ended in Frio County on Friday afternoon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-370532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}