PITTSBURGH — Police in Pittsburgh said they are searching for the driver of a vehicle who lead them on a brief chase and crashed into several parked cars.
The incident started as a traffic stop around 8:20 p.m. along Centre Avenue, but then officers quickly ended their pursuit, police said.
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The driver of the vehicle sideswiped a couple of vehicles parked along South Graham Street, police said.
We spoke to witnesses who heard the impact.
“It was a shock. It was like a lightning strike and then when the car took off. You knew what was going on because the sound," neighbor Denny Thompson said.
Witnesses told police that a passenger, Marlin Young, Jr., 21, was inside the vehicle then jumped out and fled on foot. Officers later caught that Young on Penn Avenue in Bloomfield, police said.
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Young was detained, police said. They said they recovered a stolen AK-47 and an unregistered gun from him. According to court documents, the gun was taken from a gun show.
Young is facing charges including receiving stolen property, carrying a firearm without a license, and possession of an altered firearm, officials said.
Police said they are still searching for the driver and the vehicle. They described the vehicle as a silver sedan, possibly an Audi or Volvo.
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