Alamance County deputies searching for driver who ran after Orange County chase

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Search underway for shooting suspect who ran from Orange County crash, chase
Search underway for shooting suspect who ran from Orange County crash, chase

ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Alamance County deputies are searching for a shooting suspect who ran from a car following an Orange County chase.

Sheriff Charles Blackwood said Alamance deputies were chasing a man wanted in connection with a Graham drive-by shooting.

Deputies tried to pull him over, couldn't and pursued him on Highway 54 into Orange County.

When the chase got to near Carrboro, Alamance deputies used a pit maneuver to spin the suspect's car out. One Alamance County deputy's car T-boned the car.

The driver jumped from the car as deputies arrested a female passenger. The deputies and the woman were not injured.

Law enforcement officers are out with K-9 units looking for the driver who ran from the scene.

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