Police chase on 1-55 may be related to sex offender warning
IMPERIAL, MO — Police were searching for a suspect after a frightening incident at a traffic stop. The officer attempted to pull over a vehicle on I-55 near Herculaneum, Missouri. The officer was dragged during an incident and the suspect sped off.
The police pursuit wound down I-55 near Imperial, Missouri. Shots may have been fired during the chase. Officers then surrounded a home the 1200 block of Oakwood Drive in Festus. A St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter says that the suspect is deceased. The identity of the suspect has not been released.
This appears to be related to a warning police issued Friday morning at Jefferson County's Dunklin School District. They said an unregistered sex offender has been parking just off school grounds with a puppy and waving at students.
That suspect is described as a 56-year-old white male with blue eyes and gray hair. He was driving a black Chevy Equinox. This is the same vehicle description in the police chase that ended in Festus.
Festus schools were temporarily on a precautionary lockdown during the chase. The officer dragged by the suspect does not appear to have serious injuries.
Sauce: https://fox2now.com/2018/08/24/police-chase-suspect-on-i-55-in-jefferson-county-after-dragging-officer/