A man wanted for murder in Elmira is in custody following a chase through New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania that left police cars smashed and a Pennsylvania Trooper injured.
Lawrence Williams of Elmira, who is a suspect in the April murder of another Elmira man, is being held in Bradford County after fleeing authorities through Chemung, Bradford and Wyoming Counties on Friday, May 14.
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Pennsylvania State Police in Towanda say the pursuit began Friday in Elmira City at around 12:30 a.m. and traveled through Bradford County and into Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
Authorities say the pursuit, that ended in Wyoming County with Williams being taken into custody, led to the injury of one Pennsylvania State Trooper involved in a marked police vehicle crash. Elmira media (WETM-TV) also shows a photo of what appears to be a New York State Police car with front-end damage.
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The blaze broke out in a building off Broad Street Extension, just to the west of the Midwestern Pet Foods plant.
One firefighter suffered minor injuries fighting the blaze, authorities said. Nobody else was hurt.
The structure sustained heavy damage. Investigators from the Tioga County Office of Emergency Services and New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control were on the scene Friday morning, along with New York State Police investigators and troopers.
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