carjackings that forced police to shoot their weapons came to an end early Wednesday in southeast Edmonton, but not before the suspect allegedly used one of the stolen vehicles to ram another driver dozens of times during the morning rush hour on the south leg of Anthony Henday Drive.Shortly after 8 p.m., officers responded to “a white Dodge Ram truck actively smashing into other vehicles in the area of 117 Avenue and 102 Street,” police said in a news release Wednesday morning.“Police determined the male driver has been involved in two violent, armed carjackings earlier that evening in Downtown Branch.”When police arrived, the driver got out of the truck and there was a confrontation between him and the officers.
One of the officers fired their gun.The driver jumped back in the truck, fled the area and was involved in another armed carjacking nearby, police said.
Police continued to chase the man all night.Naeem Issa and his nephew were driving along Anthony Henday Drive eastbound near Terwillegar Drive at 7 a.m.
Wednesday.He said the a red truck drove up behind them, hitting their bumper multiple times and pulling a gun on them.“I started speeding up, trying to get away from him,” Issa recalled.