The Brief<\/p>\n
Part of Interstate 35 near Sanger and Valley View was closed following a high-speed pursuit by Texas DPS.<\/p>\n
The chase is believed to be connected to a murder investigation in Plano.<\/p>\n
The highway was shut down for several hours, and the identity of the deceased suspect is not yet known.<\/p>\n
DENTON, Texas – The suspect in a Plano murder investigation was found dead at the end of a high-speed chase and standoff on Interstate 35 near Sanger and Valley View.<\/p>\n
Chase ends in crash, grass fire<\/p>\n
What we know<\/p>\n
Valley View police said they got a call around 10 a.m. on Monday to help the Texas Department of Public Safety in a chase that was heading north on Interstate 35 from Denton County.<\/p>\n
DPS said state troopers attempted to stop the suspect’s Dodge Charger. Instead, he fired shots at the state troopers and fled.<\/p>\n
During the chase, the suspect’s vehicle caught fire, sparking a grass fire in the highway median and shutting down traffic in both directions.<\/p>\n
The suspect was later found dead inside the burned car. It’s not yet clear how he died.<\/p>\n
Dig deeper<\/p>\n
Plano police confirmed the chase was linked to a deadly shooting that took place on Sunday night on Lakestream Drive, which is near Parker Road and Alma Drive.<\/p>\n
A woman’s ex-boyfriend reportedly showed up at the house, fatally shot her, and then took off in a black Dodge Charger. No one else was hurt.<\/p>\n
What they’re saying<\/p>\n
“We had detectives work through the night, and they were able to locate the vehicle and had set up surveillance on it,” Plano police officer Jerry Minton said.<\/p>\n
Neighbors in Plano say the family had moved into the home recently. They heard children playing in the home’s pool.<\/p>\n
“It’s just a scary thought that it happens so close to you,” Paul Teixeira, a neighbor, said. “It’s a quiet neighborhood, generally, so I guess everyone is in shock.”<\/p>\n
Big picture view<\/p>\n
The highway was shut down for several hours while law enforcement investigated the scene and cleared the wreckage. It has since reopened.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
Information in this article is from the Denton Police Department, Plano Police Department, Valley View Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, and the SKY 4 helicopter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Part of Interstate 35 near Sanger and Valley View was closed following a high-speed pursuit by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[44392,2417,76412,160,162,161,1934,6877,2785,9729,151188],"class_list":["post-436253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-dodge-charger","tag-interstate-35","tag-murder-investigation","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-plano-police-department","tag-texas-department-of-public-safety","tag-texas-dps","tag-valley-view","tag-valley-view-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436253","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=436253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}