A car chase began in Knoxville at 9:45 Thursday evening when a Ford F-150 was spotted running a stop sign by a Knoxville Police officer. Chief Aaron Fuller tells KNIA/KRLS News that a pursuit began on E Main Street, and the suspect turned south on Attica Road and continued south out of town on Highway 5. Knoxville Police stopped their pursuit upon learning that the suspect had been stopped and identified earlier that evening by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

The chase entered Monroe County, reaching speeds between 80 and 100 miles per hour, and ended in Appanoose County. Appanoose County Sheriff Gary Anderson says that during the pursuit, an Appanoose County deputy discharged a service weapon at the suspect’s vehicle.

Following the pursuit, 44-year-old Scott Alan Ammons of Albia was taken to the Monroe County Jail. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is conducting a third-party investigation.