A GMC Sierra Denali was recently involved an absolutely wild police chase in Arkansas, and the whole thing was caught on camera. The chase reached speeds in excess of 120 mph, and included multiple TVIs, or Tactical Vehicle Interventions, crossing from busy highways into a small town before ending in a wreck. The driver behind the wheel of the fleeing GMC Sierra Denali was taken into custody.
The chase occurred on May 20th, 2023, and began on U.S. Highway 67 South at the 3-mile marker. According to the video description, Trooper Jackson Shumate initiated a traffic stop at 3:21 p.m. local time. The trooper’s narrative states that the GMC Sierra in question was known to be driven by “Arrested Person” Christopher Monroe, wanted on drug trafficking charges by the Sherwood PD, with another active warrant in Rockwall County, Texas for evasion, with the latter warrant entered 10 days prior to the traffic stop.
Apparently, the driver fled from Arkansas State Police on multiple occasions. After troopers confirmed that it was Monroe in the vehicle, troopers attempted to box the GMC Sierra in, a maneuver seen around the one-minute, 26-second mark. However, as we see in the video, the maneuver fails when the GMC Sierra drives onto the shoulder and nails the throttle.
What follows is an insane chase that puts one of the troopers into a retaining barrier. The GMC Sierra and police officers weave through traffic in an extremely dangerous manner, narrowly missing other motorists as the pursuit continues on the highway.
Around the eight-minute mark, the driver exits the highway and the pursuit continues to unfold on surface streets. It all comes crashing to a stop around the 10-minute mark, when an officer rolls the GMC Sierra over a hill in another TVI. Miraculously, there weren’t any pedestrians on the other side of the crest.
Apparently, the truck was filled with drugs, cash, and a gun.
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Comments
The use of the PIT maneuver should be considered use of deadly force. These ASP cowboys are putting way too many people in harms way with their overzealous pursuits. Just grab the plate and call it off.
Whatever happened to Onstar. Couldn’t they call Onstar and shut the engine off? You are correct, get the plates and call it a day.
What if the vehicle or plate is stolen, what good is grabbing the plate number then? This was a known felon with two outstanding warrants. I agree many people were in danger, most were probably on their cell phone when they suddenly found themselves in the middle. Put the phone down and drive your car!
The guy caught is a bad dude but after watching this clip I believe some of these Arkansas police officers need some anger management counseling—-pronto.
Unless you’ve been in that situation don’t be critical of the cops emotions. Just watching the video got my adrenaline pumping. No one was injured or even wrecked in the pursuit so I think the cops were very professional, the only mistake I seen was when they didn’t totally box him in when they stopped him on the interstate. 3 cops could’ve boxed him in where he couldn’t get around the one in front of him. The lead cop should’ve angled his car to keep him contained.
What is the purpose of the article, no value of a car wreck. Not news just giving a bad guy some attention.
Anger management are you serious. Their adrenaline is off the charts. Quit second guessing the police. I wish they would have broke his other leg!
To highlight that my Silverado tops off it 99 and this Sierra was going 115
I’ve been bamboozled
That was how fast the cop was driving not the truck!
My 2015 Sierra will actually do an indicated 125.
Where is race baiting Al Sharpton? It’s not his fault, he was scared, he is a victum of circumstance blah blah blah.
I could fill pages in response to some of these idiot comments. So I’ll just say this-the only way to know what it’s like to work in Law Enforcement is to have done it.
Amazing that pursuits like this are still permitted in some jurisdictions.
That’ll buff out no problem.
Looks like somebody has been playing too much grand theft auto. Can not out run the radio. Not sure putting the public in extreme danger and damaging multiple police cars was the best choice of action. I am sure the use of TVI and the high speed chase was a rush, but perhaps more tactical thinking was in order.
LOL, bye bye uckhead.
I’m all for eliminating the problem these criminals have no reguard for lives on the road it’s sickening trying to drive on the highway with these fools
So it’s probably a stolen Denali that now is a piece of junk wreck by a lowlife who should have been eliminated long ago. It’s the same old story when are we going to clean up the dirt
The problem is we spend too much time, effort and energy on chasing, prosecuting and jailing carbon-based trash like this. As soon as he was stopped he should have been executed on the spot. Black and brown people are killed for less. And all of you can yell as much as you want. I’m a fed up liberal.
I feel the same way these criminals have no regard for other people on the road I say execution instant justice this crap will stop