2/12/13 - Authorities say police fatally shot a suspect following a chase that began in Wayne County after someone attempted to destroy a vehicle and ended in Washtenaw County with a shootout and a car crashed into a house. Northville police said they were investigating a suspicious car that had its license plate covered up in the area of 6 Mile and Napier roads at about three oâclock this morning when another car nearby exploded. A man who police said they spotted in the area refused to answer questions and took off, firing shots as he fled. State Police joined Northville police as they chased the suspect into Salem Township, where he crashed his pickup truck into a home in the area of 6 Mile and Dixboro roads. State Police 1st Lt. Joel Allen of the Brighton Post said the suspect then fled on foot before charging one of the troopers with a knife. Lt. Allen said thatâs when a trooper fired at the suspect and killed him. No one was hurt as a result of the car bombing and the three people who were inside the Salem Township home when the suspect crashed into it were also uninjured. (JK)
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