Police: 2 Armed Women Carjack Man, Lead Officers On Chase
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) - Two women were arrested Tuesday morning after police said they carjacked an SUV owner, led police on a chase in the north Denver metro area and then caused a crash.
The arrests followed an hour-long standoff just west of Interstate 25 in Thornton.
The carjacking took place at 2:30 a.m. at East 60th Avenue and Holly Street, according to Commerce City police. A man said the two women had a gun and demanded he give them his SUV.
After the SUV was stolen, officers spotted it on Interstate 25 and tried to get the driver to pull over. The SUV didn't comply and the chase began.
It ended at East 84th Avenue and Conifer Drive when the SUV crashed into another car and caused minor injuries to the driver whose car was hit.
At the crash scene police said the two women refused to get out of the car for more than an hour before they finally got out and were taken into custody. A SWAT team from Thornton police was involved in negotiating with the suspects.
The names of the two women have not been released.