| Online: | |
| Visits: | |
| Stories: |
| Story Views | |
| Now: | |
| Last Hour: | |
| Last 24 Hours: | |
| Total: | |
Caught On Camera: Fatal Shoot-Out Between Police And Driver Who Had ‘Cop-Killer’ Tattooed On His Knuckles
- Dramatic footage shot from cameras mounted on officers’ lapels
- Video shows 16-mile pursuit of Christopher Chase through Albuquerque
- Chase shot one officer before stealing his police car
- 35-year-old injured four officers, with one suffering a shattered thigh bone
- Chase found slumped dead over the wheel of the blood-stained vehicle
- He was shot eight times in the neck, head and back
- Six officers were placed on leave, as is standard practise after a shooting
- Investigation into the incident is ongoing says police spokeswoman
Daily Mail
By Lizzie Parry
PUBLISHED: 10:28 EST, 6 February 2014These dramatic images show the moment a man with ‘cop-killer’ tattooed across his knuckles, wanted for shooting four officers, was killed after a 16-mile police chase.
Christopher Chase, was found dead, slumped over the wheel of a stolen police car after being shot eight times – three times in the neck, once in the back of his head, scalp and upper back, twice in his left arm.
Chase was pursued for 16 miles through the streets of Albuquerque, New Mexico, by dozens of police officers, before crashing the stolen car into a petrol pump.
Warning graphic content, Scroll down for video
Police were embroiled in a 16-mile chase through Albuquerque after Christopher Chase opened fire at officers, injuring four, before stealing a police car and trying to escapeDressed in body armour and camouflage and carrying an assault rifle described by an officer as being an AK47, Live Leak reported, the 35-year-old told witnesses to call police, and let them know he was waiting for them.
The video was shot from cameras mounted on the lapels of the officers involved.
It begins with Bernalilo County Sheriff’s deputy Robin Hopkins telling her colleagues she is being shot at.
Where to was the graphic content ??????