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Shoplifting call in Indianapolis results in pursuit, child taken to hospital

Posted at 7:24 PM, Dec 22, 2018
and last updated 2018-12-23 11:45:05-05

INDIANAPOLIS — A child escaped serious injury after a shoplifting call resulted in a pursuit and crash Saturday evening in Indianapolis.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded just before 6 p.m. to Kohls, 8141 E. 96th St., on the report of a shoplifter.

When police arrived, the suspects fled in a vehicle. Police chased the vehicle before it crashed near E. 21st St. and North Emerson Avenue.

A two-year-old child was unrestrained in the vehicle at the time or the crash. IMPD said the child was not injured but was taken to Riley Hospital for Children as a precautionary.

IMPD says the suspects involved were also taken to Eskenazi Hospital after complaining of pain.

It is unknown at this time if charges have been filed.

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