A man is dead after leading police on a high-speed chase that started in Niles and ended in downtown South Bend.
Indiana State Police have been called in to lead the investigation as they try to figure out just why the man fled Michigan State Police in Niles in a red Kia. Michigan troopers had stopped the man in Niles at a marijuana dispensary.
The suspect then took off at a high rate of speed and led police into Indiana along State Road 933.
He eventually led police into downtown South Bend where he ended up crashing into a South Bend police cruiser near a McDonald’s. That’s when he got out of the car and fled on foot into the woods behind the McDonald’s.
“He started running across the parking lot (of the McDonald’s),” said a witness. “He was running and (fired shots) behind his back at one of the officers, hit him somewhere on his vest, I believe, because he went to the ground and got back up and kept chasing.”
That’s when he said a few officers started shooting at the suspect. The pursuing officers lost contact with the suspect at that point and Indiana State Police said that’s when they began using aerial drones and other means to look for him.
The suspect, identified as Joshua Ringle, 32, of South Bend, was found dead at the bottom of an embankment along a river behind the McDonald’s. Troopers Ringle’s body will be taken to Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo for an autopsy.
Indiana State Police say a female in his car was not hurt and was not arrested.
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Riots incoming from the usual suspects…
Look up Mr. Ringles criminal history. The officer who shot him did the world a favor.
Sure, but they will riot regardless. St George of Floyd had a really long rapsheet and died of a fentanyl overdose, but they still torched $2B worth of property over him.
Joshua Ringle won’t ever be getting high, or being in another high speed chase. Good work law enforcement officers for ending his criminal career. Mr. Ringle won’t be a danger to public safety ever again. One who lives by the sword, usually dies by the sword.
But Mary Jane is cool right? I mean no one ever gets high and does anything other than cool stuff right? Stoners gather together!
A convicted felon with an arrest warrant, should make sure all of his tail lights on the vehicle are working. This is why he was stopped in Niles, MI by law enforcement. The question is, why is a convicted felon in the position of a loaded handgun in the first place ? Obviously gun laws and gun control doesn’t work.