WOODBURY COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT CAPTURED IN A MONDAY MORNING PURSUIT OF TWO PEOPLE THAT STARTED IN SOUTH SIOUX AND ENDED NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS.
24-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY BROKEN LEG WAS A PASSENGER IN THE PURSUED CAR THAT STRUCK A SOUTH SIOUX CITY POLICE OFFICER.
THAT OFFICER OBSERVED TWO SUSPECTS ATTEMPTING TO STEAL A CATALYTIC CONVERTER FROM A VEHICLE AT A SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA BUSINESS.
THE SUSPECTS FLED TO A VEHICLE AND STRUCK THE OFFICER AS THEY DROVE OFF THROUGH SIOUX CITY EVENTUALLY CRASHED AT THE INTERSECTION OF OLD HIGHWAY 141 AND 300TH STREET NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS.
THE DRIVER FLED ON FOOT BUT BROKEN LEG WAS CAPTURED AND A GUN WAS RECOVERED FROM THE CAR.
BROKEN LEG IS CHARGED WITH INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS, CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON, AND POSSESSION OF DRUGS, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND BURGLARY TOOLS.
THE DRIVER REMAINS AT LARGE AND IS A NATIVE AMERICAN OR ASIAN MALE WEARING A BLACK BASEBALL CAP, GRAY SHIRT, GRAY ZIP-UP HOODIE, BLACK PANTS AND BLACK SHOES.
THE SOUTH SIOUX OFFICER WAS SEEN BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND WENT HOME.
A PICTURE OF THE SUSPECT AT LARGE IS BELOW:
