"A Fort Wayne man was arrested after police said he led them on a chase from New Haven to Huntington.
... just after 11 p.m. Sunday night when a New Haven Police officer
was
dispatched on a report of a suspicious vehicle. A caller said a red
Dodge Caravan was parked in the driveway of a home for 4 hours and he
believed people inside were using drugs..... As the officer arrived at the home and approached the vehicle, the
driver put the van in reverse and started to back out of the driveway,
the affidavit said. As he was backing up, the driver – identified later
as Christopher L. Duvall – opened the driver’s side door. The officer drove after the van, which led officers down New Haven
Avenue and onto S.R. 930 and eventually made an illegal U-turn. Police
used stop sticks at Maplecrest Road but the van swerved to avoid them.
Another set of stop sticks were used just down the road, which deflated
two of the van’s four tires, but the van continued westbound, the
affidavit detailed.
Another set of stop sticks were used at East Washington Boulevard and
Anthony Boulevard, which deflated the other two tires. The van
continued on, though, eventually into Huntington County.
The vehicle eventually came to a stop at North Meridian Road and U.S.
24, just east of Huntington – some more than 20 miles from where police
first approached. There, the passenger – identified as Kelly Gibson –
was detained.
Duvall, though, would not get out of the vehicle. Officers shot a gas
canister into the van through the rear windshield, which forced Duvall
out. He was then taken into custody.
In the van, police found an open container of paint thinner.
...police noted Duvall was “acting irrationally” and waiving at officers and “flipping them off.” WANEtv
North High School Tuesday, according to Huntington County Community
School Corporation (HCCSC).
