A police chase ended final night time in Arlington with a state trooper injured and the alleged fleeing driver in custody.

The chase began on I-395, when a Virginia State Police trooper’s automated license plate reader flagged a Cadillac that was needed by Fairfax County police. In the course of the chase, a trooper’s car was rammed and crashed alongside northbound I-395 in Arlington.

The suspect then deserted the automotive on the GW Parkway at Route 50, close to the Roosevelt Bridge, in accordance with state police. He was subsequently taken into custody and recognized as a 31-year-old D.C. man.

Extra from a VSP press launch at this time, beneath.

At 8:55 p.m., a Virginia State Police trooper’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) alerted to a 2006 Cadillac sedan that Fairfax County Police was searching for. The trooper activated his emergency lights and sirens to provoke a site visitors cease, however the Cadillac refused to drag over and sped away northbound on I-395. A pursuit was initiated.

As state police tried to include the car to carry it to a cease, the Cadillac rammed one of many trooper’s autos. The influence induced the trooper’s car to run off the aspect of the interstate and strike the Jersey wall. The Cadillac, in the meantime, saved going.

The pursuit ended when the Cadillac stopped on the George Washington Parkway close to Route 50. The motive force fled on foot. The motive force was apprehended a short while later and brought into custody. A passenger was additionally taken into custody and later launched. A handgun was recovered from contained in the Cadillac.

State police charged the motive force of the Cadillac, Nelson Bowman, 31, of Washington, D.C., with one felony malicious wounding on regulation enforcement, one felony assault of a regulation enforcement officer, one felony depend of eluding police, one felony depend of unlawful possession of a hid firearm, one felony depend of hit and run, one felony depend of destruction of property and one misdemeanor depend of obstruction of justice

The trooper who struck the Jersey wall was transported to a close-by hospital for analysis and therapy of minor accidents.

The investigation stays ongoing.

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The suspect is going through a half dozen felony expenses, from eluding to assault on police to a gun cost.

He has earlier prison convictions, together with an Arlington house break-in for which he obtained jail time and was presently on probation, in accordance with courtroom information cited by a Twitter consumer who tweets about public security incidents.

Needed driver by #FCPD, Nelson Bowman arrested by @VSPPIO final night is a profession prison w/lengthy historical past in VA/MD. Earlier penitentiary time & jail time served, presently on 5 years probation from penitentiary launch final 12 months. @ARLnowDOTcom #DMVCrime @RealTimeNews10 pic.twitter.com/nSWloGrhYt

— Romeo (@RVANOVA01) February 9, 2023