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LAS VEGAS (KABC) -- Las Vegas police have released dramatic footage of a chase with a violent suspect that involved multiple carjacking attempts, crashes and a shootout with officers.
The incident started the evening of Aug. 11 when police were conducting aerial surveillance of a suspect wanted for a carjacking back in May.
As officers were watching from the police chopper, the suspect commited another carjacking.
Footage from the chopper shows him drive up to another driver in a Chevrolet Avalanche, climb in the window and drive off, with the victim jumping out on foot.
At various points, the suspect was firing out his window at officers, driving the wrong way on major streets and attempting to carjack additional vehicles. He hit speeds up to 100 mph, police say. He also drove his car straight at officers on foot, prompting them to fire at him.
At one point, officers pulled up next to the vehicle to attempt a PIT maneuver. The suspect is seen firing two rounds from his window at the officers as they pull up behind.
The officers quickly return fire through their own windshield and back off from the pursuit. The bullets struck his vehicle but not him.
The chase ended and he was taken into custody after he intentionally crossed over lanes of traffic to ram a police K9 vehicle at 67 mph, investigators say. The force of the impact disabled his own vehicle and officers were able to take him into custody.
The human officer in that K9 vehicle was treated for minor injuries and the police dog named Boris was not injured.