Dramatic new body camera footage shows the moment a fleeing Michigan suspect jumped into the murky Kalamazoo River to elude police after a minor traffic stop — and never resurfaced, according to police.
Kalamazoo police said the unidentified suspect fled from police around 4:30 p.m. on New Year’s Day when they tried to pull him over on his motorcycle with a “license plate violation,” leading to a high-speed chase.
But the man’s luck ran out when his bike broke down, forcing the suspect — in a white T-shirt, dark slacks and white sneakers — to take off running through a local park and across an overpass with police on his heels.
That’s when he was seen diving into the Kalamazoo, with officers yelling at him to stop as he began to try to swim.
“The river current pushed him downstream and officers observed him go into the water and not resurface,” police said in a Facebook post.
“Several officers entered the river in an effort to rescue the individual. However, he was not found.”
Police in Michigan tried to arrest a motorcyclist on Monday but he escaped and ran when the bike broke down. Kalamazoo Public Safety The unidentified suspect was later seen on body camera footage diving into the murky waters of the Kalamazoo River. Kalamazoo Public Safety Police said the unidentified suspect never showed up, and the search is ongoing, a police spokesman said today. Kalamazoo Public Safety
The officers were seen walking along the river trying to locate the suspect in the water.
Police said the Kalamazoo County Dive Team, a lifeboat, and the department’s aviation unit were brought in to search but were unable to locate the suspect.
A spokesperson for the City of Kalamazoo Public Safety said Wednesday that the search for the man continues and that police have not been able to identify him.
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