Breaking news with shots fired after a Wild Police Chase on des moines south side. Alyx sacks is at the scene this morning so is the suspect in custody . Alyx they are. They have the custody before 3 00 a. M. Behind me, the crime scene unit is on scene looking for evidence. We are in cassidy now. That is not where this started. Southwest 14th street is one an officer tried to pull over the suspect in a vehicle and the vehicle the suspect refused to pull over and led police on a perceived. That shes got up to 80 Miles Per Hour that chase got up to 80 Miles Per Hour. At that point, officers got out of his vehicle trying to get the suspect in the custody and that is when the suspect and then started to drive toward the officers and that is when the officer fired at the suspect. Suspect, but the suspect continued in the vehicle and was finally arrested at 227 this morning according to Des Moines Police. After attempting to flee on foot. We do know more about the suspect this morning. I tal
It will be here in a couple of hours . Metinka we are tracking it near the western part of the state and up to Guthrie County and through auburn county. All of that is moving this morning. What you see here may not be preaching the ground just yet but it will be reaching the ground later, light snow today. We have clouds in des moines with 16 degrees and a nearly called wind. It will be a gentle snow fall today. It will come down in the early afternoon hours. You can expect up to. 5one inches of snow. Elizabeth we want to get straight to the breaking news. Shots fired after a chase on the south side. Alyx sacks is on the scene right now. If the suspect in custody . The crime scene unit just left. There were officers here in the area about 10 minutes ago, still looking for evidence with the crime scene unit. Here is what happened while we were sleeping. At 2 20 this morning, authorities went to pull over a vehicle and it would not pull over. It led police on a highspeed chase, up to 80
Chief kelley we protect other people, and it seems like its us that have to keep helping each other. Vanessa the state Fire Marshals Office says theres nothing to connect the fires right now. But theyre not ruling anything out. In burnside, vanessa peng, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Kevin this actually is the third fire within the Lehigh Fire Department this year. In april, another firefighters house burned to the ground in an electrical fire. By the way, vanessa tells us this mornings fire is the second house fire the kelley family has dealt with. Four years ago, they lost everything in a fire at their old house. Stacey the jury has gone home for the weekend without a verdict in the pete polson attempted murder trial. But before they got the case, the jury heard sometimes contradictory testimony on the stand. Kccis kim st. Onge is live at the polk county courthouse. Kim polson testified again today in his own defense, sticking by his story that he shooting from november 17 of last
Student turned into a frightening experience thursday. Everyone was crying. Reporter Gracie Foster pulled out her cell phone and hit record after 61yearold Robert Scarborough stopped the vehicle. The bus driver threw him on the ground and started yelling at him. Reporter the outburst began after a 15yearold student through an object at scarborough. The driver walked to the back of the bus and according to police grabbed the special needs student to his coat and struck him in the face. He hit him in the head and he has a disability. He is supposed to be watching us, not hurting us. Stop. Christian was repeatedly saying im sorry. Everyone else was telling the bus driver to stop. Reporter students can be heard screaming, some in tears demanding the driver to stop. Sit down. Reporter the playback is hard to watch but this mother is thankful her daughter captured the confrontation on camera. Im very proud of her. Her instinct kicked in. It brings tears to my eyes. I cannot believe that thes
Numerous locations have had gusts over 50 miles per hour. Look at the metro. Winds gusting to 47 miles per hour. We are currently at 39. Temperatures in the low 30s to the west. The cold air will be moving in with some 40s to the east. The latest reports on these tornadoes coming up in a few minutes. Kevin this storm was a big one, the system stretching from lamoni to waterloo. Our crews were there as they hit. Steve and they are there live tonight with a look at the damage. We begin with ryan smith on des Moines Southside where winds snapped trees in half. Ryan widespread damage across much of southwest des moines. Those high winds blew in and in seconds these massive oak trees now, debris is scattered everywhere throughout this neighborhood and the area remains without power. Like 15 seconds. It hit and then it was done. Ryan a neighborhood known for its bountiful, beautiful oak trees torn apart. Now theres more wood on the ground than in the air. All these wonderful trees gone, is s