MILWAUKEE — An SUV crashed into the Milwaukee Martin Luther King Jr. Branch Library in the Harambee neighborhood Tuesday afternoon after a chase by sheriff’s deputies, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were pursuing a 36-year-old man wanted for a prior complex burglary and fleeing and eluding when the chase ended in the crash.
Surveillance video from a nearby gas station shows the SUV running a red light, striking another vehicle at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and West Locust Street, and slamming into the front of the library.
Watch: SUV crashes into Milwaukee library during sheriff's deputies' chase
The driver of the other vehicle, a 19-year-old man, was not injured, though his vehicle sustained significant damage.
A 23-year-old construction worker inside the library suffered minor injuries.
The suspect, who was not injured, was arrested at the scene. Charges are pending. No deputies were injured.
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