Chicago murder suspect shot by police in Ohio after high-speed chase, vehicle fire
By FOX 32 Digital Staff
HANCOCK COUNTY, Ohio – A Chicago murder suspect was shot by police in Ohio after a high-speed chase Sunday afternoon.
At about 1:35 p.m., Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers located a Chrysler Pacifica that was traveling southbound on Interstate 75 in Hancock County that was believed to be driven by a murder suspect involved in a shooting in Chicago.
Troopers initiated a traffic stop, but the vehicle did not stop.
A pursuit ensued and the suspect vehicle continued southbound at a high rate of speed, authorities said.
Officers deployed stop sticks multiple times, but the vehicle continued to drive southbound.
Troopers then made intentional contact with the suspect vehicle on I-75, just south of U.S. Route 33.
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The vehicle came to a rest in the median and caught fire, authorities said.
A short time later, the driver exited the vehicle with a handgun and began walking southbound in the southbound lanes of I-75, where an officer-involved shooting occurred.
The driver, later identified as Danny E. Berry, 45, was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.
No officers were injured as a result of the incident.
This incident remains under investigation.
Police did not release details about the murder Berry was wanted for in Chicago.
Ohio police shoot Chicago murder suspect after high-speed chase
Police initially tried to stop the man in Hancock County on I-75
Danny E. Berry, 45, was wanted in connection to a deadly shooting in Chicago.
By WTVG Staff
HANCOCK COUNTY, Ohio (WTVG) – State troopers in Ohio shot a murder suspect Sunday afternoon after a high-speed chase that started on Interstate 75 in Hancock County, OSHP said in a news release.
Findlay Post troopers said they spotted a Chrysler Pacifica traveling southbound on I-75 that authorities believed was being driven by a man wanted in a murder that happened in Chicago. The driver, identified as Danny E. Berry, 45, didn’t stop for troopers.
During the high-speed chase down I-75, officers deployed stop sticks multiple times, Berry kept going, OSHP said. The vehicle eventually stopped in the median just south of U.S. Route 33 in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, where it caught on fire.
Berry got out of the car with a handgun and began walking in the highway, police said. At some point after that, authorities said, at least one officer shot at Berry. An ambulance took him to a hospital with serious injuries, OSHP said. Troopers didn’t say what happened that caused officers to shoot at Berry. They also didn’t say what agency the officer or officers were from who fired their weapons. No officers were physically hurt.
Troopers didn’t initially release details about the Chicago shooting.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation was asked to investigate the shooting.
It’s the second high-speed chase to go through Hancock County on I-75 in as many days. Two men wanted in a deadly carjacking allegedly led officers on a chase Saturday night that ended on Route 15 in Hancock County. Troopers said the suspects shot at officers multiple times during the pursuit.
OSHP troopers on Sunday were assisted by the Allen County Sheriff’s Office, Lima Police Department, Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office, Wapakoneta Fire & EMS, Shawnee Township Police Department and the Ohio Department of Transportation.
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Suspect in fatal Chicago shooting shot by Ohio trooper after pursuit
by: Daniel Griffin
PUSHETA TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) — A suspect in a Chicago homicide is hospitalized after being shot by an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper following a high-speed chase Sunday in northwestern Ohio.
According to OSHP, at about 1:35 p.m., troopers attempted a traffic stop on Interstate 75 in Hancock County of a Chrysler Pacifica believed to be driven by the suspect in a fatal shooting in Chicago.Man dead after shooting at east Columbus bar
When the vehicle didn’t stop, troopers began pursuing the Chrysler, driving at a high rate of speed south on I-75, OSHP said. Stop sticks were used several times, but the Chrysler continued driving, until troopers made “intentional contact” with the Chrysler, bringing it to a stop in the median of I-75 south of U.S. Route 33 in Pusheta Township.
According to OSHP, the vehicle then caught fire, and after a short time, the driver, identified as Danny E. Berry, 45, of Chicago, got out of the car allegedly holding a handgun, and started walking south on I-75, where he was shot by the trooper. The trooper who shot Berry was not identified by OSHP.
Berry was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. No officers were injured in the incident.Protest calls for justice for those lost to police shootings
OSHP continues to investigate the incident while the shooting will be investigated by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
The highway patrol was assisted by the Allen County, Hancock County, and Auglaize County sheriff’s offices, Lima Police, Wapakoneta Fire and EMS, Shawnee Township Police, and the Ohio Department of Transportation.
Search continues for Portage Park murder suspect who flees Chicago while on home monitoring device and has altercation with Ohio deputies
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by BRIAN NADIG
A 27-year-old suspect in a Portage Park homicide recently fled Chicago while on a home monitoring device and was last seen on Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Madison County, Ohio, where he reportedly pulled a gun on sheriff deputies during a traffic stop, according to law enforcement agencies.
Juan Z. Torkelson was arrested on May 28 in the 5700 block of North Maplewood Avenue and charged with one count of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder in connection with a Nov. 11, 2019, incident in which four people were stabbed in the 5300 block of West Irving Road, according to Chicago police.
A 28-year-old man died as a result of the altercation, which stemmed from an argument over a minor traffic accident, police said.
After his arrest in May, Torkelson reportedly posted bail and was assigned home confinement, which has been increasingly used in recent months as part of an effort to reduce the inmate population in Cook County Jail during the pandemic.
The Madison County sheriff’s office reported that during the traffic stop, Torkelson drove off and later crashed his vehicle and that he then apparently fled on foot. A multi-jurisdiction search for Torkelson is underway, and he should be considered “armed and dangerous,” the sheriff’s office said.
Those with information on his whereabouts are asked to call the sheriff’s office at 740-852-1212.
