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Good afternoon. Im sonya heitshusen. And im dan winters. Thanks for joining us. A high speed chase overnight resulted in shots fired by a Des Moines Police a high speed chase overnight resulted in shots fired by a officer. It began like so many do, as a routine traffic stop. It was just before 2 30 this morning when police say the driver took off. They were pursuing this man, 25 year old austin allen. He was in a stolen car and wanted on felony warrants in kansas and west des moines. Speeds reached around 80 miles an hour down southwest 14th. Police say allen lost control and went off the road in the 19hundred block of casady drive. When officer christopher brockert got out of his squad car to arrest him, allen is accused of driving right at him. Thats when brockert fired three shots at the car. 12 04 52 it was definitely a scary situation for him. He very easily could have died. The fact that he looks like it meets the standards of the law and our policy. His life was in danger and th

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