Police Arrest 4 After Heated I-95 Car Chase

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Without firing a shot, Bronx police arrested four suspects accused of robbing an auto repair shop at gunpoint yesterday and then shooting at a police cruiser on the New England Thruway.


No one was injured in the three-mile, five-minute pursuit, which began at The Bronx and ended at New Rochelle.


The incident began at 10 a.m. at Classique Auto repair shop on Tillotson Avenue, near Co-op City. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the owner of the shop dialed 911 and left the phone off the hook when two suspicious-looking men entered the shop. The 911 dispatcher could hear the suspects demanding money and alerted police.


The suspects allegedly robbed the owner of his wallet and left the shop, Mr. Kelly said. Police officers responding to the scene in a cruiser saw the suspects drive away in a Honda Accord. The officers followed the Honda onto the New England Thruway (Interstate 95), where the suspects collided with another car.


The cruiser followed the Honda, which continued on after the collision and picked up speed, Mr. Kelly said. The hood of the Honda popped up, obstructing the driver’s vision, forcing him to slow down. As the cruiser closed in on the Honda, one of the suspects fired shots at the police, said Mr. Kelly. No one was hit. The suspects exited I-95 at New Rochelle, hit another car and blew out a tire. They then fled on foot, but police caught them.


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