DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A body has been recovered in a pond after the Durham Police Department (DPD) searched for a person who ran from police and was last seen going into the body of water.
According to the Durham Police Department, officers tried to stop the driver around 10 a.m. Wednesday in the 3100 block of Rowena Avenue. The car the driver was in had been reported stolen. Police say as officers closed in on the suspect on the dead-end road, he jumped out of the car, ran away, and jumped into the pond.
Several officers went into the pond and tried to rescue the suspect but they were unable to reach him and lost sight of him, DPD says.
James Conyers said he saw police close in on the suspect at the dead-end road and saw the suspect get out of a Blue Nissan and run into the woods.
"Jumped out and went running down the woods," James Conyers said. "I saw the police coming down from here."
A spokesperson for the Durham Fire Department (DFD) says their dive team is now in part of any recovery efforts.