Dashcam video shows Tulsa cop car slamming running suspect
TULSA, Okla. -- New dashcam video from Tulsa police shows a patrol car ramming a stolen car, and another hitting a suspect, during a police chase last month, reports CBS Tulsa affiliate KOTV.
It started as a carjacking and led to the chase on December 15, with dozens of Tulsa officers involved.
Police said they followed four suspects in a stolen red Corolla.
During the chase, the suspects shot at officers with BB guns, they said.
“They’re doing the trailer park here. Only one way in, one way out here,” officers say in the video.
At a mobile home park, the driver dumps out three suspects – and a patrol car hits one of them.
They arrested that suspect -- 26-year-old Sonny McCombs -- on 11 complaints, including armed robbery and possession of a firearm, as well as 18-year-old Tevin Whitetree for complaints including shooting with intent to kill.
Meanwhile, the driver kept going.
“Fixin’ to bail. Still runnin’, still runnin’, I still got the car. Still behind ‘em, still behind ‘em,” you hear in the video.
He led officers west for about three miles, then tried to turn left, which is when a patrol car rams the car, causing it to spin out and stop.
The driver gets out of the car and tries to run. Officers fire several shots at him and hit him in the back.
Chekota Whitetree, 21, was taken to a hospital, then to the Tulsa County Jail.
Officers also arrested a fourth suspect - a 14-year-old boy.
The others are still at the Tulsa County Jail.
