SPRINGDALE -- Police arrested two people early Monday after shots were fired during a car chase.
Springdale police responded to a call about 1:30 a.m. in the area of Kimberly Place where the caller said people were breaking into cars. The suspects fled in a blue, 2015 Ford Explorer before police arrived with the caller chasing them west on Wagon Wheel Road, according to police.
A person in the car fired two shots while the caller was chasing them in the area of Wagon Wheel and 40th Street, according to police. The caller stopped while the Explorer fled south on 40th.
An officer saw the Explorer just before 2 a.m. turn south on 48th Street from Sunset Avenue and tried to stop it. The driver fled with police in pursuit on 48th Street. The driver lost control and wrecked at Celeste Drive in Johnson.
After the wreck, four people ran from the car, according to police. Police arrested Bilson Andereka, 21 , and a 16-year-old juvenile at the scene. Two other males got away.
Andereke was arrested in connection with flight from an officer. The juvenile was arrested in connection with a curfew violation.
Police were still investigating this morning.
NW News on 07/09/2019