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Additional information. The suspect drove through the fence on airport property. >> Officers with the Columbia Police Department in Missouri were responding to an attempted carjacking of a mother with her two kids in the vehicle when dispatchers received another call of a carjacking less than a mile away from the first, this time involving an elderly man. Both victims described a white Buick sedan fleeing the area after fighting back with the suspect. When officers reached the area, the suspect appeared to be making a break for the highway. Highway 63 pulled me out of my car and had me out here on the ground beating the crap out of me. >> Okay. >> Do you know who this person is? >> No, it was a Hispanic guy. >> Okay. >> And then he got in my car, tried to take my car. I was poking my hands in his eyes, you know, trying to keep my car. I'm going to let them know. What? I can't believe >> he beat the crap out of me. >> Who would think that would happen in the middle of the day? >> He left his phone, too. >> Okay. >> His phone was in my car when he got out. >> This guy >> I pulled away. >> You did? I did. Okay. And that's what saved me. I think >> all be going back onto just driving in circles on the grass. >> He had blood coming all the way down his face. >> Okay. >> And I'm going to have medics cuz that that needs they need to be looked at. I >> can he for How old are you, sir? 75 75 going south. So he yelled at me and I went and I said, "Look, get out of there." And I went and I said, "I'm getting my gun." I grabbed my gun out of my truck. I vanished it. I didn't put my trigger on the trigger or anything like that. I said, "You need to make the right decision and get out of here." >> Okay. >> He walked over to his car. He took off. I got pictures of his car and license plate. >> You want to come sit over here? I know it's kind of chilly. Yeah. >> You want to help him real quick? >> Yeah. Grab your keys or bring your car up. So they they're right behind the car right now. So So they're working on getting them. >> They just threw some out next to the bridge. We'll be coming up to Grindstone 80. >> Officers pursued the suspect for more than 20 m toward Missouri's capital city at speeds in excess of 95 mph. That's when troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol got involved with plans of their own. >> Just hang right here. I don't want this hitting us. Help camera. Hold on. >> We're just north of where the spikes are set up. Speed's 90. >> There he is right there. Get her strips. Get her strips. Got him. Got him. Go get him. Go. >> Get bike. Get >> get him out of the way. >> Let them go. >> Let's go. >> There's four units behind them. They hit Callaway County. Spike not spike. Too many cars. >> We're in back off. We're actually shut down and just back off cuz there's three in there. We can't get the ball 65. I believe we're coming up to the Jeff City exit. I believe we got a good spike. It looks like one of the tires. >> Lights off. >> Yeah, they can they got different rules than we got. They can have more three cars in them. We can't. >> That sucks. I mean, it does suck. >> Guess they want us to take over. 698. >> They want us to take over. Tell him we can be in position. >> Jeff, I'm in position. We can take over. >> He's car 65 slowing down pretty good. He's losing control. He wrecked. He wrecked. Uh, well, now he's going down a hill. Going down a hill. >> He's trying to get to this road underneath this uh bridge underneath 63 on the exit ramp. >> 63 southbound north of Missouri River Bridge. >> Seat belt back on. Is that the vehicle stop? >> Not just yet. We got aircraft overhead. 742. [screaming] >> 742. >> He's down. He's trying to get back. He made through a field. He's trying to get onto the oil well road. Aircraft is overhead. >> What do you remember? He's got him. He's >> He's going to be going uh on that road towards the outer road. coming to old uh the old highway that's cut through into Jeff City. He's currently westbound 95 MP. Copy. Copy. Ryan Center heading down towards the river. Can I make sure my siren's on? >> Yeah. I thought we had him on our >> Anybody get a view where he went? >> I did not see where he went. I don't know if the kind of guy see >> underneath coming out of the conservation road. >> Yeah, but he can't go under 54. >> 54. >> Oh, I think I know this where we used to run for the uh for the academy. Is he on the Katy Trail? >> And he does have both driver side tires down. Both driver side tires down. >> And Hypera dead ends. Go straight across. Keep going straight. You go straight. Go straight. Go straight. Go straight. Go straight. Over. >> This is his trail. >> Okay. He turned onto the airport property here. He's driving through the grass on the airport property. helicopter is overhead. Suspect is running across airport. >> Holy Go up there. >> Go straight. >> Yes, he's up, I think, on the runway. There he is over there. >> Copy through the fence on airport restricted property. I >> think that's him right there. >> Yep. How do we get up? There's a fence. Keep going down the left. Looks like he's Looks like he's Go that way. Go that way. Go that way. We got He's out of the car. >> I'm getting this for >> He's coming right there. >> Got him. >> You got to go get him, bud. What are you messing with? >> We got our handguns. Let's go get him. Don't let this 450. >> Okay, he is on the airport ground. Red shirt, red short. He's at the north corner of the hangers on the west side of the field. >> He just went right behind that building there. Copy. Is that a hanger to the north corner? The hanger is the west end of the field and red shirt and red shorts. Heat up here. I'll get close. I'll get close. My stupid son. Let go your head. Hey Santa wasn't My car's over here though. >> Who Who was lead? >> Did I see my car? Was it true? Is it the second one? >> I think it was you. >> Your car? >> Yeah. >> You can go in mine, >> huh? >> You guys can go in mine. It's all right though. How many cups is it? How many cups are full? I would say you don't have to worry about that. >> Look like he threw either a big black or something like >> Yeah. If you guys have a fingerprint scanner, you want Yeah, we'll figure it out, man. I don't have one. It's also intoxicated. >> Warmth. >> Holy cow. >> What's your address? >> My address? I don't know. >> I tell you the truth. I drive. >> You just drive? >> Yeah. Look at this. Come look at this. >> Is there another coal in there? >> No way. >> That's That's crazy, man. >> So, he tried this, failed, and they came to here to do it again. Wow. >> Boss. >> Yes. >> Hey, get set up for him. >> I'm kind of tired, man. >> Tired? Oh, here. Spread your legs. I just I didn't check up in here. You're not hiding anything? Are you okay? I >> guess I'm >> You just threw up all over my car. >> Well, I was going to sit. >> All right. >> Sick, man. >> Hey, I tried knocking on the window, but you wouldn't come here, so I had to throw up in the back of your seat. The suspect, identified [music] as 30-year-old Jose Lopez, was taken to Columbia Police Department and according to a grand jury indictment, booked on charges of vehicle hijacking, two counts of attempted child kidnapping, thirdderee attempted kidnapping, and [music] first-degree tampering, all in relation to his first attempted carjacking. In relation to the second carjacking, he [music] was charged with attempted thirdderee assault, modified because the victim was elderly, resisting [music] arrest, and driving without a license. Second offense, Lopez was denied bail and later entered a plea [music] of not guilty. Lopez sat in Boone County Jail for nearly a year while his case was in pre-trial [music] until March of 2025 when Lopez agreed to a plea deal. He pleaded guilty to vehicle hijacking, first-degree tampering, thirdderee [music] assault, and resisting arrest, while all other charges were dropped. Lopez received a 15-year prison sentence for vehicle hijacking to run concurrent with his other sentences. He is currently serving his time at Northeast Correctional Center and will be eligible for release in 2039. >> You came to the wrong airport, bro. >> That was the wrong airport. Seriously? Yeah. Oh, awesome. Cool. >> Well, fun stuff. See y'all.

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