WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Three people were taken into custody Friday after a multi-county pursuit ended with a wreck in West Palm Beach, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office, said the suspects were identified while driving a stolen vehicle in Martin County. Investigators said the car was wanted in connection with a fatal shooting that took place in Belle Glade on Thursday night.
The trio got onto Beeline Highway in Palm Beach Gardens and eventually made their way south into West Palm Beach.
At the busy intersection of 45th Street and Broadway, police said, the fleeing car ran a red light and hit the front of another car.
Police said it kept going, knocked down a road sign at a roundabout and crashed into a fire hydrant.
The three people in the car tried to run away, one reportedly waved a gun at officers.
"The person that was observed waving the gun initially was taken into custody immediately, and the other two fled and they had a pretty significant manhunt with multiple agencies for the last hour or so in Palm Beach County," Martin County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy John Budensiek said.
Barbera said in a written statement to WPTV that "all have been apprehended."
The suspects since face charges of grand theft auto, fleeing and eluding and resisting officers without violence. Aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer charges are pending.
Multiple law enforcement agencies — including sheriff's offices in Palm Beach and Martin counties, West Palm Beach police and Palm Beach Gardens police — are all involved in the investigation.
Northboro Elementary School, which is located about five blocks south of the intersection, was briefly on a code yellow lockdown Friday afternoon because of law enforcement activity off campus, the School District of Palm Beach County said.
That lockdown was eventually lifted at about 1:15 p.m.
