Police chase and shootout in Jackson

• The suspect who allegedly shot and killed his brother in Lenawee County is leading law enforcement on a chase through Jackson’s East Side, shooting at pursuing police cars.
• Witnesses report gunshots and a van speeding through their Orange Street neighborhood.
• The chase ends in a shootout outside the Eaton plant, which leaves the suspect dead and a police officer injured. The officer is expected to survive.
• Michigan State Police Special Investigators are on the scene, and several neighborhoods are cordoned off, including the intersection of East and Washington streets.
• WATCH VIDEO for eyewitness testimony and police activity.

(Further transcription of the full broadcast)

Deadly night in Jackson… I’m your local reporter Darius Udris here in the east and in Washington, where police tell me the chase has ended, with one person dead and an officer injured.

Jackson police and Jackson County sheriff’s deputies say they were trying to stop a van whose driver allegedly shot and killed his brother in Lenawee County.

Authorities say the van was tracked to Jackson and the suspect then fled, shooting at police officers who were chasing the vehicle.

Witnesses say multiple shots were fired Wednesday night on Orange Street between East Henson and East Michigan avenues.

EYEWITNESS 1: “The glass immediately flew out.”
EYEWITNESS 2: “They stopped here and just shot… Glass was flying. You can still smell the gun.’

Witnesses say they saw a van fleeing the scene after the shooting, and police from multiple agencies gave chase through East Jackson — a chase that police said ended here, not far from striking Eaton workers.

Police say several cars and houses were fired upon during the pursuit. Fortunately, none of the passers-by were injured.

UAW Local 475 President Donnie Huffman says the chase went right through the strikers. He said some of them reported seeing the suspect reloading his weapon as he drove by. Huffman sent the workers home for the night.

Police say there was an exchange of gunfire between police and the suspect, which left the suspect dead and the officer injured.

The house on Orange Street was fenced off, as was the intersection of East and Washington, and another stretch of side streets a few blocks west of the Eaton plant.

Michigan State Police Special Investigations detectives are on scene. The injured police officer is expected to survive.

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