Suspects flee into woods after abandoning black Kia vehicle, Van Buren County MI


Police officers are pursuing suspects who abandoned a black Kia vehicle and fled into the woods in Van Buren County. A K9 unit is being used to track the suspects, and at least one suspect is held at gunpoint by the officers near the woods.
Audio|Source: Van Buren Fire and Police
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Transcript:
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County unit is down around the gate consent.
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Hey, hold there, there's something back here at these woods cracking.
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424, can you guys on the color of the Nissan?
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It's going to be black.
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Clear on black.
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Central 4-Blip, Kia K-5, aka Kia Optima, black in color.
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Clear. And it blocks this in.
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19 if you could do that, I appreciate.
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32 to the homeowner see him come through here at all.
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That's final. 7521, I will take Cranberry Lake and Bay Road.
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Bent and Mount Zion.
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You can take Benton's eye on.
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Clear on it.
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19-street Cranterary, 52 is going to shift on.
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1432, St. Joe County Unit just piped up for that.
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7-0. Bronson at 1827.
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3521. Stateway 25, 21, stateway, 5.
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75, 21, go ahead.
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Due to the hills, I'm gonna have to be halfway between Cranberry Lake in Mount Zion so I can see north and south.
00:45
I can't see all the way to Grandbury Lake.
00:46
Okay, clear on it.
00:47
Okay, clear on it. 826 I'll be clear to last in 42 if Kalamazoo is able to make contact with that individual if you could give me a text I appreciate me
00:55
quickly changed waiting
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So an invite for one to the cast unit at Mount Zion and Day Road turning around.
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How are you going to be able to hold that corner so I can move up north here a little bit? Mayfam.
01:06
10 4th, you'll have to watch the south side of Day Road here.
01:08
We'll be able to see it when I get the next hill.
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Tupass Travel is back towards intersection of Mousai and Day.
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7534, what's your location out there?
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Already were still on the tire tracks headed east through the woods now.
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East to the woods, clear.
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22 riding west.
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25.22 heading last.
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Anybody with that at gunpoint?
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Out here. Clear 1423.
01:24
Vehicles empty, sending the dog up.
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Clear vehicle on descending the dog.
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I'm descending the dog.
01:44
Clear, St. Joe County said they have one at gunpoint.
01:46
Yeah, we have the car at gunpoint.
01:47
Okay, clear.
01:48
Central is just going to be just barely east of the clearing of the woods.
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Clear, just east of the clearing of the woods.
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Van Buren County, MI
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