Police Dashcam Pursuit of Suspect in Carjacking Spree Independence Ohio

Independence, Cuyahoga County, Ohio--The Independence Police Department released dash cam video of an officer pursuing a suspect involved in a series of armed carjacking.



Police say there were 2 related carjacking in Bath Township and in Independence on Wednesday. The first carjacking occurred at a rest area on I-77 in Bath Township. A woman told police 2 armed men jumped out a white car and approached her from behind. One suspect took off in her black Nissan Rogue SUV while the other suspect got back into the white car and fled the scene.



Police Said, the second carjacking occurred when the same white vehicle pulled into a driveway on Midland Road. Just like the first carjacking, armed suspect approached the woman from behind and drove away in her car.



Police later spotted the 2 stolen cars and the suspects' white car on I-77. The dashcam shows an officer chase the black SUV into Cleveland, but the driver was eventually able to elude police.



Police did arrest 2 suspects and recovered one vehicle near East 116th Street and Union Avenue, but are still looking for at least 2 other suspects in 2 separate vehicles.



Independence is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,133. Independence was originally Center, and under the latter name was laid out in 1830.