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Madison man arrested after police pursuit started in Hope

A shot was fired in a multiple county pursuit that ended with the arrest of a Madison man Tuesday.

About 10:30 p.m. Tuesday , a Hope police officer tried to make a traffic stop on a Pontiac. The driver, later identified as Joseph Morrow, 41, refused to stop and led multiple law enforcement agencies on a pursuit that lasted about 30 minutes through Bartholomew and Decatur counties.

About 11 p.m., Morrow drove into a residential neighborhood east of Columbus and drove through yards and then toward an Indiana State trooper who was outside of his vehicle. The trooper fired at Morrow's car but neither party was injured.

A short while later Morrow got out of his vehicle. He was on foot when located and arrested a short time later.

Morrow was taken to the Columbus Regional Hospital for evaluation and then to the Bartholomew County Jail on several felony and misdemeanor charges.

 

 

 

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