Man jumps out 3rd-story hotel window to evade arrest, then fires at Fort Worth police
A man jumped from the third-story window of a hotel in south Fort Worth early Tuesday morning to evade a domestic violence-related arrest, before leading officers in a pursuit in which he fired multiple rounds in their direction, police said.
He didn’t shoot anyone, according to Officer Jimmy Pollozani, a police spokesman. The suspect eventually stopped, refusing to get out of his car, and was in a standoff with police for around 45 minutes until he was taken into custody peacefully, Pollozani said in an email. He first went to the hospital to be treated for injuries he suffered in the jump.
Pollozani said in an update around 10:45 a.m. the suspect was still in the hospital and hadn’t been arraigned yet.
Police didn’t immediately release the identity of the man on Tuesday morning.
Officers went to the Comfort Suites in the 6500 block of South Freeway around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday to serve a warrant on a man wanted for family violence out of Cleburne, Pollozani said. He jumped out the third-story window as officers attempted to serve the warrant and fled in a vehicle, Pollozani said.
Photos from WFAA-TV, a Star-Telegram media partner, show police cars with flashing blue and red lights surrounding the suspect’s red car, with the door open. Pollozani said officers took him into custody peacefully.
The suspect will be charged with his family violence warrant as well as evading arrest and aggravated assault on a public servant, Pollozani said.
This story was originally published December 15, 2020 at 8:35 AM.
