St. Paul police shoot man after high-speed chase

Published 9:22 am Sunday, December 1, 2013

ST. PAUL — St. Paul police shot and injured a man after a high-speed chase.

Police say the chase began about 5:15 p.m. Friday when the driver refused to pull over during a traffic stop.

The vehicle had a broken side window, but Sgt. Paul Paulos said he didn’t know whether the car was stolen.

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The driver then wove through residential streets, at times reaching speeds up to 80 mph.

A 24-year-old man jumped from the vehicle at one point but was apprehended almost immediately.

The man who was shot was not immediately identified. He was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive.

Paulos said officers believed the man was armed but would not say whether investigators had recovered a weapon or whether the man had fired upon officers.