J Miller
Member
A very interesting experience today.
About 4:00 we were leaving an Osco Drug Store after having some pictures developed. We saw a Sangamon County Sheriffs car rolling South fast on 6th St with lights and siren on.
We left the lot and headed South towards the freeway on our way to Wal-Mart.
As we approached the next intersection we saw numerous police cars converging on our location. Our first question was of course, what's going on now?
Then I looked to my right and saw a Southern View police officer holding his gun on the occupants of a silver Pontiac Gran Prix.
In less time than I can type it police cars were driving across grassy center dividers and the wrong way on 6th street to converge literally right in front of us. The little red truck ahead of us had passed through the intersection and only got maybe 50 yards before he stopped right in the middle of the street with cop cars coming at and around him. I could visualize the driver trying to crawl under the seat to hide.
In less than a minute there were at least a dozen officers with guns drawn participating in the take down of the two black males in the Gran Prix. One was a real cute little blond gal with a pony tail. Gads did she look vicious!
The guys in the truck next to us told us that the GranPrix was the same car the police had been looking for since Friday. It was car jacked at gun point from a couple with a child.
The officers opened the right rear passenger door and reached in over the front seat back and drug one of the b.m.'s out, tossed him on the ground and then at least five officers pounced on him.
A few seconds later the left side b.m. was drug out and thrown to the ground. Another half dozen officers pounced on him.
About this time an ambulance rolled in. I guess they expected injuries.
We had a front row seat. Less than 50 feet from where we had to stop to where the take down happened.
After the police had secured the two occupants of the car they returned to their vehicles and cleared the intersection so those of us sitting there could leave.
As they moved off we heard that there was another suspect just North of us. So the chase was still on.
In this one take down there were officers from the Southern View PD, Springfield PD, University of Illinois PD, Sangamon County Sheriffs Dept, and The Illinois State Police.
As we drove off the guys in the truck beside us were singing:
Bad boys, bad boys, Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Bad boys, bad boys.
We laughed so hard we had tears in our eyes.
About two hours later we drove back past the seen of the take down. Many police cars and news media were there. So when we got home we turned on the news, and stuck in a tape.
According to the Sangamon County Sheriff an off duty police dispatcher recognized the Silver GranPrix as the car jacked car. Called it in. Then there was high speed chase on the freeway, surface streets and almost into some of the neighborhoods. Turns out the bg's couldn't drive and crashed the car.
After crashing the car one of the bg's ran, took a bicycle from a young girl and got caught anyway. The bg's had used a gun in the car jacking and so all the LEO's were taking no chances.
An interesting experiance. Being that close to all the police officers with their guns drawn was exhilarating. Both of us got an adrenalin rush out of it.
All in all, a good bust from what I have seen. On one side note, most if not all the handguns I recognized were Glocks. One plain closed officer had a matt silver shotgun of some kind. It looked too small to be a 12 gauge, but I couldn't tell for sure what it was.
Usually we carry cameras with us, but this time we forgot. I'll never forget again.
About 4:00 we were leaving an Osco Drug Store after having some pictures developed. We saw a Sangamon County Sheriffs car rolling South fast on 6th St with lights and siren on.
We left the lot and headed South towards the freeway on our way to Wal-Mart.
As we approached the next intersection we saw numerous police cars converging on our location. Our first question was of course, what's going on now?
Then I looked to my right and saw a Southern View police officer holding his gun on the occupants of a silver Pontiac Gran Prix.
In less time than I can type it police cars were driving across grassy center dividers and the wrong way on 6th street to converge literally right in front of us. The little red truck ahead of us had passed through the intersection and only got maybe 50 yards before he stopped right in the middle of the street with cop cars coming at and around him. I could visualize the driver trying to crawl under the seat to hide.
In less than a minute there were at least a dozen officers with guns drawn participating in the take down of the two black males in the Gran Prix. One was a real cute little blond gal with a pony tail. Gads did she look vicious!
The guys in the truck next to us told us that the GranPrix was the same car the police had been looking for since Friday. It was car jacked at gun point from a couple with a child.
The officers opened the right rear passenger door and reached in over the front seat back and drug one of the b.m.'s out, tossed him on the ground and then at least five officers pounced on him.
A few seconds later the left side b.m. was drug out and thrown to the ground. Another half dozen officers pounced on him.
About this time an ambulance rolled in. I guess they expected injuries.
We had a front row seat. Less than 50 feet from where we had to stop to where the take down happened.
After the police had secured the two occupants of the car they returned to their vehicles and cleared the intersection so those of us sitting there could leave.
As they moved off we heard that there was another suspect just North of us. So the chase was still on.
In this one take down there were officers from the Southern View PD, Springfield PD, University of Illinois PD, Sangamon County Sheriffs Dept, and The Illinois State Police.
As we drove off the guys in the truck beside us were singing:
Bad boys, bad boys, Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Bad boys, bad boys.
We laughed so hard we had tears in our eyes.
About two hours later we drove back past the seen of the take down. Many police cars and news media were there. So when we got home we turned on the news, and stuck in a tape.
According to the Sangamon County Sheriff an off duty police dispatcher recognized the Silver GranPrix as the car jacked car. Called it in. Then there was high speed chase on the freeway, surface streets and almost into some of the neighborhoods. Turns out the bg's couldn't drive and crashed the car.
After crashing the car one of the bg's ran, took a bicycle from a young girl and got caught anyway. The bg's had used a gun in the car jacking and so all the LEO's were taking no chances.
An interesting experiance. Being that close to all the police officers with their guns drawn was exhilarating. Both of us got an adrenalin rush out of it.
All in all, a good bust from what I have seen. On one side note, most if not all the handguns I recognized were Glocks. One plain closed officer had a matt silver shotgun of some kind. It looked too small to be a 12 gauge, but I couldn't tell for sure what it was.
Usually we carry cameras with us, but this time we forgot. I'll never forget again.
