Suspects In Custody After Police Chase: BCPD

BALTIMORE COUTY, MD — Authorities said two people were arrested after a police chase in Baltimore County Friday afternoon tied to a homicide. They were in a silver Scion, according to officials.

A woman and a man were taken into custody, police reported before 1:15 p.m.

At 12:14 p.m., authorities in Baltimore County said that they received a request from Newport News, Virginia, to look for a vehicle at a location in the Essex precinct.

When officers saw the vehicle leaving the location, they began their pursuit of the silver Scion, which police said was believed to be involved in a homicide that occurred in Virginia Friday morning,

Because the suspects threw evidence from the vehicle, officials said that police from the Essex, White Marsh and Parkville precincts would be out collecting it from those areas.

"Drivers should slow down and move over for police," officials advised.

Authorities in Baltimore County confirmed before 1 p.m. Friday that they were involved in a police chase with a suspect in a homicide. The murder was committed in Virginia, police said.

Before 1 p.m., the pursuit was along Old Eastern Avenue at Eastern Avenue in Essex.

The suspect vehicle — a silver Scion — continued on Eastern Avenue past MD 43/White Marsh Boulevard, the Baltimore County Police Department reported after 1 p.m.

By 1:06 p.m., police said the suspects were in custody.

They were boxed in by police driving through an industrial area off Eastern Avenue near Ebenezer Road, according to WBAL TV, which captured the chase from its news chopper. WBAL's Capt. Roy Taylor said that the suspects had thrown weapons out of the vehicle before they were taken into custody.

This is breaking news and will be updated.

#Pursuit White female driver arrested. Black male passenger arrested. Officers will be collecting evidence thrown from the vehicle in various areas around Essex, White Marsh, and Parkville precincts. Drivers should slow down & move over for poilce in the roadway. ^JzP
— Baltimore County Police Department (@BaltCoPolice) October 5, 2018

#BCoPD can confirm that we are in a pursuit with a vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide committed in another jurisdiction. More information will be made available as we confirm it. ^JzP
— Baltimore County Police Department (@BaltCoPolice) October 5, 2018

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