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Stolen Ambulance Chase Ends With Fatal DPS Shooting on I-35 in Austin
Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting after a stolen Fort Worth ambulance led troopers on a chase and injured one person, officials said.
- On Thursday, a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper fatally shot a suspect who stole a Fort Worth Fire/EMS ambulance and led law enforcement on a chase through Austin early that morning.
- Officials say the ambulance was stolen early Thursday from Fort Worth Fire Station 4 on Old Mansfield Road, traveling almost 200 miles south on Interstate 35 through Williamson County.
- Near U.S. Highway 290, the driver began "intentionally" ramming civilian vehicles; an attempted PIT maneuver failed before the fatal shooting occurred on the upper deck of I-35.
- The Austin Police Department reported one person sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a crash, and authorities closed I-35 from U.S. 183 into downtown Austin for several hours.
- Texas Rangers are actively investigating the officer-involved shooting while the suspect's identity remains unreleased; some I-35 lanes reopened Thursday afternoon.
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Man shot dead after stealing ambulance, ramming vehicles during chase near Austin
A man who stole a Fort Worth Fire EMS ambulance was shot and killed by a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper after leading police on a chase and ramming multiple civilian vehicles in Austin, according to officials. The incident began at about 6:30 a.m. Thursday when troopers were notified that the ambulance was traveling south on Interstate 35 in Williamson County, north of Austin. Troopers located the ambulance and tried to pull it over, …
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