Fin, left on Fin FOR ATKINSON. CRASH, CRASH, CRASH. WE'VE GOT A WHITE MALE RUNNING. WESTBOUND, WESTBOUND. WHITE MALE RUNNING. Going in the alley here. Going in the alley. It started as a routine patrol in the quiet, tree-lined streets of Whitefish Bay, but in a matter of minutes, a suburban pursuit turned into a high-stakes hunt through the heart of Milwaukee. A suspect on the run, a mangled wreck against a utility pole, and a driver who vanished into thin air. 100 to Brookfield squad. Do we have probable cause to make a traffic stop? Absolutely. 724 is approaching quickly. Sir. Holly would at Lancaster. 172 dispatch for the air. We've got the vehicle lit up. We're westbound on Lancaster from Diversity. Slow speed. It's pulling over at Lancaster and Berkeley. Myself, 196, 122 are with it. Go high risk. I do not have one in the squad. One half block off of the Anmar. The driver is a Roll the window down. Window's going down, partner. All the way down. 106 to Brookfield squad. Do you have an address where this probable is? It'll be 5961. Hold the keys outside the window if you're not paying. Probable to be 5961 North Shore North Shore Drive for a house. I think he just rolled the window back up. Roll the window down. Driver's taking off. Taking off. 106 will be pursuing that vehicle. We'll be heading southbound on North Shore. 122 dispatch. Whitefish Bay is fleeing in pursuit. Watch for the fleeing suspect vehicle. Westbound Fairmont, just coming up to Wydell. Westbound Fairmont to Wydell. Red Chevy Impala, one male occupant. It'll be southbound Wydell. Southbound Wydell. In pursuit. Reason for pursuit, the Berkeley roads are wet. I think it's light. 122 dispatch. Need backup from Milwaukee. We're going to be westbound Capital from Capital to Capital. 15 is in pursuit. Westbound Capital. Wednesday, April 2nd, just before noon, Whitefish Bay officers spotted a vehicle linked to a recent burglary. When the lights went on, the driver didn't pull over. They floored it. The chase crossed the city line, weaving through midday traffic with a total disregard for the public safety. Driver is clear of White. The police are 42 on the just past 6th driving. Still westbound Capital. 362 to 122. I got an Adam 12 shining and I can't get the rest. 15 dispatch to the westbound Richard from Capital. It'll be 53 running from medium traffic. Roads are wet. We're in pursuit with known burglary fleeing vehicle. Red Impala, westbound. He's parking It's a street here, looks like 6th. He missed the 6th. 10-50 10-50 10-50 10-50. Pull over and 718. We'll continue on to Capital westbound. We'll be westbound Capital. Looks like we're going to be southbound on 11th. 718 is in pursuit here. Southbound 11th from Capital. 15 is in pursuit. Red Impala, 60 to 40. Traffic is light. Roads are wet. Still southbound from Atkinson. Whitefish Bay is clearly in pursuit. Red Impala, southbound Atkinson. It'll be westbound on Fin. Left on Fin for Atkinson. CRASH, CRASH, CRASH. WE'VE GOT A WHITE MALE RUNNING. WESTBOUND, WESTBOUND. WHITE MALE RUNNING. Going in the alley here. Going in the alley. The screech of tires ended at 12th and Fin. The impact with the utility pole was loud enough to rattle windows for a block. Dust and smoke filled the air, but before the police could even bridge the gap, the driver's door flung open. By the time the dust settled, the seat was empty. Vehicle crashed at 12th and Fin. I got a 350 to Disney Atkinson. GET OUT OF THE CAR. GET OUT OF THE CAR. YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOU'RE GOING TO GET HE'S RUNNING. HE'S RUNNING BACK WESTBOUND. WESTBOUND 122 ATKINSON. HE'S RUNNING THROUGH THE yard eastbound from Capital to Fin. CAPITAL TO FIN. GO THAT WAY. BACK. RIGHT NOW, 122 Capital All right, it looks like we got a pretty good perimeter set up. We've got 13th and Fin, 12th and Fin, 13th just one block south of Fin. No suspect located at this time, unknown. Brookfield to Whitefish Bay, confirm burglary. Our detectives located confirm burglary. Do we have a description? We have white male, thin jacket. Anyone have a going to perimeter? He had a gray white gray colored jacket on with the hood up. 122 to 9. 718 to 172. Go ahead. Do you want assistance with the perimeter or K9 at this station? Affirmative, I'll take it. Respond to the intersection of 12th and Fin. 122 to 172. All right, I'm on the road right here. I'll be on the sidewalk here. Where I am. He was in the yards. If we're in the yards, you're going to be eastbound. Yes, he was running eastbound. He would have run right through the alley where you're at eastbound. 760 dispatch to pull me out 3603 on 11th Street. Silver. 172 to 122. I last saw him right where you're standing at, by that garage. Temper, I got an open door to the garage just to the north of me here. It's a white garage. Hey y'all, we're looking for someone that ran this way, okay? Okay, you're all right. As long as your house is secured, you're okay, all right? But stay in your house for now, okay? >> 712 to 172. Go ahead. 766 is going to be around Shirley. Sir. With him and route, just don't tamper inside the perimeter. Okay. We're going to use a dog. Hey there. Were you chasing him? 10-4. He's last seen in this yard back here. There's a door open door on this garage right here. But the K9's on his way. Should we wait for the K9 to get here? >> Relocate to 14th and Atkinson. And 734 to 14. Uh we have a perimeter on this area here, this block. 734 to 13th and Fin. In the yard, just south of Fin. He passed this alley though. We're not sure. I was one I'm one more alley to the to the west and south of there, so So you you know, don't don't want us to search this garage until your K9 gets here? 10-4. One more time with that description. Gray jacket. Yeah. All day or looks like they're in the pursuit westbound. 11th from Keefe for pursuit? Yep. LT, is Keefe the next road south? Yeah, I think so. My squad's way over there, but I'm going to try to get my squad and get them over there. This is not going to be the subject. Black hair, I'm going to go on both sides, facial anything like that. 10-4. I'll clear this garage. I don't see an address on here, but this is Fin. Oh, there it is. 122 122 dispatch. Myself and Glendale 74 going to be clearing 1211 a Finn. Open garage door. Door. I'll go. Want to go taser and I'll go lethal. Or I can switch too. All right. 10630 WHITEFISH BAY POLICE, IF YOU'RE IN THERE, SHOW YOUR HANDS. Whitefish Bay police, YOU'RE IN THE GARAGE, SHOW YOUR HANDS, we're going to send the K9. YOU'RE GOING TO GET BIT. WHITEFISH BAY POLICE, IF YOU'RE IN THERE, SHOW YOUR HANDS, COME ON OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET BIT. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. WHITEFISH BAY POLICE. OH, THE DOOR'S NOT EVEN ON. YEAH. THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING. All right. It's clear. Okay. Yeah. Okay, we're clear. We won't be able to get through that door as easy [laughter] as he 122 to 172, the garage at that location is clear. 10-4. It's just one guy, he bailed from here. Do you know how old this guy approximately is? Do you have any idea in the car? >> We have no idea who this is. This was This was Brookfield who all of a sudden called out that they're surveilling a vehicle and it very quickly developed. We had We had no idea this was going on. >> No, I was listening on the radio and then 172 dispatch, K9 is on scene at 12th and Finn. All right. I almost got Yeah, I know, but >> Yeah, I think somebody got him. 84 last seen over here running down the track. 799768, can you go with me? You're Brookfield? Sorry for getting you all wet. Okay. There's an ID in the vehicle that you you guys know who this person is? Okay, that's not the ID that's in the vehicle. So, all the stuff from the burglary is in the trunk. Okay. He carried a bag out from the from the house and put it in the trunk. Okay. 8478408 Yeah, I'll take care of it. 156 Greenfield Hm? Were you the officer pursuing? No, I was third in line. Um It's kind of a quick little version. We had a interrupted burglary which um victim was forced into a closet and uh last Saturday another interrupted burglary and I just video canvassed chose this car. Picked yes at this morning. Okay. And 10:00 he starts creeping out here. We get up into your village, we see the car, we see him out on foot. We don't know where he is. As soon as he comes back, that's when we got on the radio with you guys. Okay. So, he's walking on foot with nothing in his hands. Yeah. He comes out from the north of that tennis court there. Yeah. He comes out carrying a bag. He goes back to the car, puts it in the trunk and that's when we called you guys, so. Okay. All right. And then a couple of our detectives are out there now doing Okay. So, yeah, it's it's My detective confirmed a burglary. Was that 32nd like some that highway up there? Highway 32. Is that highway 32? No, it's Lake Drive. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, it was 5960 Yeah, one officer was in foot pursuit of him. He I think he ran He 112 on 23 back. He went west a little bit, but then he cut back east. 172, go ahead. 172 comes back to Tweety and Adam John John 8914. Adam on a maroon Chevy Impala. First church to 18 Living in Hayden for last three Milwaukee. We're going to just have to complete this K9 track. We're going to get this towed back to our station, obviously. What about the airbag? Yeah, it looks like it will have to get processed there. So, we'll probably need your guys' reports eventually for it, so. So, am I going to No, I'm going to just need a Milwaukee squad here to take this crash and then we're going to get it back to our PD. If we don't I don't know where the he went the last I was just getting out to clear the car here and I saw him go running back that way, but he had cut down through the alley here and then he cut through the houses here and I last saw him that way. That officer was in foot pursuit of him, but lost him. Yeah, the car was smoking and it was all fogged up, so I couldn't tell if anyone else was in the car. 307 to 322 It's a really generic area where he's laying his head. We stopped the GPS on him. Okay. That's where he put it on this morning, so he's laying When you clear from that car, can you give me a 22, please? Okay. Full runs after just the Titonia bus would be here and then the Green Bay bus. I'm not even sure. I don't really know this this area. So, MPD thought you were trying to talk to them cuz they're patched and everything. He's like, "Stand by." And we're like, "We're not trying to call you, MPD. Calm down." Uh That is what it is. It's just funny. Yeah, oh yeah. Yep. Yep. If it was wet out and there was no rain, that's an easy track. >> Right. Yeah, he uh How fast did you get to this alleyway? I I actually chased He ran straight west Okay. down the sidewalk and then cut through that yard right in front of that yellow house. So, I went down the next block, cut him off. Johnson thought he kept going that way and went straight down. Otherwise, Johnson's the wheels. If he had stopped on the next road over, he would have ran right into Johnson. I ran through all those yards. I lost him when he got to I was on on 13th, I lost him and then LT saw him run across 12th through between that house and that garage. That's the last time he saw him. Okay. So, nobody actually saw where he came from there. We don't know from there yet. I'm assuming somewhere eventually get up. Or he just Yeah, there's a lot of those. I just It's I mean, the the rain doesn't help, but the fact that he didn't want to cross over 11th Street very willingly. Yeah. >> went up and he looked the other way every time, which is a negative, so. Who knows? I wish they would have told us before he did the burglary. Yeah, they were there to do it. When that last car stopped by us sounds like You said they just put the GPS on today. Oh, okay. And they just like pulled it up to see like, "Oh, I wonder what he's up to?" And they saw him backed in. So, they weren't surveilling him. They saw him backed in in Whitefish Bay and that's when they got in the air and were like, "Hey, y'all are going to want to get down there." And then they started hauling dick down here. Okay. Yeah, so it was like all of a sudden thing. >> "What the He's going to need to put those pieces this little things on. He's missing Ah, whatever. 122 dispatch. Leader has our vehicle. We followed him back to the PD. A car wrapped around a pole, a burglary kit left behind, and a driver who stepped out of the wreckage and into thin air. In the gap between Whitefish Bay and 12th Street, a criminal found a shadow to hide in. The police have the car, now they just need a name. If you know who was behind the wheel, the clock is ticking because next time they might not just be running from a crash, they might be running toward you.