KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police said three people are in custody after what began as a shoplifting incident and progressed into a chase.
Police said officers were called to the Kohl’s off Barry Road in the Northland just before 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
When they got there, loss prevention officers were chasing two people thought to be stealing out of the store. That incident was unrelated to the initial call.
KCPD said as officers approached the suspects, they got into a waiting car and drove away, striking one of the police cars’ side mirrors.
Officers went after them, given the suspects’ erratic behavior and the fact that they hit an occupied police car.
Police said two women and a man were inside the car, with one of the women driving.
They fled south on 169 Highway. Officers said they could tell there was an argument happening inside the car.
The car stopped in a lane of traffic on the highway. A man got out and ran into an open garage of a nearby home.
The occupants said they did not know the suspect.
Police took him into custody at the house.
Other officers arrested the women who were in the car. The driver told police she hadn’t wanted to run from them, but the man did.
That was the argument officers witnessed.
The driver said she turned the car off on the highway.
One of the women was wanted in a separate shoplifting case, police said.
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