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Amarillo Police Department
Wednesday February 19th, 2020 :: 02:13 p.m. CST

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APD officers made an arrest after a short vehicle pursuit Monday night.

On Monday February 17th at 9:06 PM, APD officers were dispatched to the 100 block of north Prospect Street on a fight in the street. As officers were investigating this incident, they heard gun shots close to where they were. The officers observed a 4-door car drive northbound through the intersection of NW 2nd and Belleview Street at a high rate of speed. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle and the driver refused to stop. After a short pursuit through the West Hills and San Jacinto area, the driver exited the vehicle at NW 4th and Prospect and ran on foot. The suspect, Isaac Hernandez a 20-year-old male, was apprehended in the 400 block of north Prospect. Officers retraced the path that Hernandez had driven while attempting to evade officers and located a handgun in the yard of a residence in the 4200 block of SW 3rd Avenue. Officers found that a residence and a vehicle in the 100 block of N. Belleview that had been struck by bullets. Hernandez was arrested for Evading Arrest or Detention in a Motor Vehicle and booked into the Potter County Detention Center. The shooting incident remains under investigation.  

Address/Location
Amarillo Police Department
200 SE 3rd Ave
Amarillo, TX 79101

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 806-378-4257

Cpl. Jeb Hilton
Crime Prevention Unit
[email protected]
806-378-4257

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