Five people are in custody after a stolen car chase that ended near the Port of Milwaukee on Thursday.
According to a release from the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office, a stolen vehicle pursuit was initiated by the Saint Francis Police Department with assistance from Cudahy Police earlier Thursday evening, on June 6.
The theft and pursuit were patched through to Milwaukee County Dispatch at 6:20 p.m.
The vehicle, containing six occupants, entered the freeway at Pennsylvania Ave, exited at S. Carferry Drive, and crashed shortly after.
Multiple people fled the vehicle on foot at the Lake Express Ferry parking lot.
Four of them were detained and taken into custody with the assistance of a Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office K-9 squad.
The Milwaukee Fire Department treated one of the suspects for a bite wound and helped recover another who had jumped into the water.
A sixth person remains at large.
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