Shot Fired in High Speed Chase From Ukiah to Willits
According to the MendocinoSportsPlus Facebook page, “The Ukiah Police [were] in a high-speed pursuit …of a black Kia Voyage with red paper plates.” The author of that site stated that they had reached “a top speed of 117 mph” and that the vehicle had been involved in another high speed chase but escaped law enforcement at that time.
The Mendocino Voice, our sister website, explained that during the chase “the suspect fired a handgun out the window of his car” one time. Then the suspect fled “down into the creek in back of the Willits Safeway, where he was apprehended.”
For more details, read the Voice’s story.
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Wait… a Kia can go 117mph?
Downhill?
THAT was my first thought! hahaha Kia? over 100mph?
Following up on this story’s originating article led me to a tragic story out of Manchester (Mendo). A town I grew up near. Maybe some of us can donate a few $.
https://www.gofundme.com/cazares-family-fund
How sad to lose two daughters!
Thanks for sharing that link.
At least these cops didn’t shoot back at the fleeing suspect unlike EPD who shot 40 + rounds at a suspect who never actually fired at them or anyone else!!! Especiailly after being fired upon numerous times first accoprding to the article in the North Coast Journal!!!
Give me a break, he was trying to shoot them, stupid fool (for more than one reason) didn’t know he had to chamber the first round. Those cops obviously need more range time.
Did they really mean,a KIA?117 I don’t think that’s possible lol.maybe down hill😉.im glad they caught Mario he could have hurt someone.
giggle…we all seem surprised by how fast the Kia went! More shocked over that…than the high speed chase of a possible thief! (Gotta find humor in bad situations to keep sane!)
Yes we all do!Merry Christmas
Throw the book at this ahole BIGTIME, for a long time!!!
Seriously tho if they’d shot back it’d be all over the media. Congrats on the apprehension without drastic measures.. luckily no one was shot my children and I were very close to the area. I wouldn’t want to imagine the WHAT IFS….SO A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DID THE JOB THEY TRAINED FOR WITHOUT PUTTING ANYONE ELSE IN HARMS WAY. GREAT JOB
Ay don’t be disrespecting my brother in law. Fa real. People make mistakes and all the ignorant comments not needed.