Dashcam video shows Escambia County pursuit, PIT maneuver, bridge jumpers and K9 recovery
By: Body and dash cam video from the Escambia County Sheriff's Office shows Monday's pursuit and PIT maneuver, as well as the suspects jumping over a bridge and deputies recovering K9 Streeter.
It shows deputy's chasing a white suspect car involved in the drive-by shooting of a 70-year-old woman moments earlier on Erress Boulevard near Massachusetts Avenue.
The video eventually leads to the Highway 90 bridge at Scenic Highway, where deputies use a PIT maneuver to stop the car and send it crashing into a guard rail.
In the video, you can see all three masked suspects get out of the crashed car, with two immediately jumping over the left side of the bridge. The third suspect runs across the roadway to the right side of the bridge and jumps off that side as two deputies and K9 Streeter give chase.
"He's sees that the suspect has jumped over this bridge -- and our K9 Streeter, this brave boy, jumps over that bridge as well and into that water probably 30–40 feet, easy," Sheriff Chip Simmons said Tuesday morning. "Then we have to end up having to fish K9 Streeter out."
Video shows two deputies locate Streeter in the water beneath the bridge and bring him to safety. He suffered minor injuries in the fall, was treated overnight at the hospital and released.
According to Sheriff Simmons, the suspect Streeter gave chase to has not been located. Deputies searched the water last night with no luck.
As for the two suspects who immediately jumped over the left side, one was pulled from the water and arrested -- 19-year-old Jaquaris Ethridge -- while the other -- 22-year-old Trevion Moton -- died as he didn't reach the water on his jump.
"Our deputies, our K9s, our law enforcement partners, they did one heckuva job last night," Sheriff Simmons said. "They knew they were in a stolen car. They knew that they had weapons. They didn't stop. They did everything they could to protect this community."