VIDOR, Texas — A Vidor Police officer got into a shootout with a pair of robbery suspects early Saturday morning after chasing them along Interstate 10 into Louisiana.
A vehicle doing about 120 mph passed a Vidor officer early Saturday at about 12:38 a.m. on Interstate 10 and kept going when the officer attempted to pull it over according to a news release from the Vidor Police Department.
The Vidor officer chased the vehicle across Orange County and into Louisiana before it exited the interstate at mile marker four in Calcasieu Parish.
The vehicle, which wrecked about a mile south of the interstate, had been stolen at gunpoint in Port Arthur on Saturday night police said.
"We began to put together the crimes that were occurred in this area matching that vehicle description and rebuild their series of carjacking's and robberies," said Vidor Police Chief Rod Carroll.
The suspects, a 17 and a 20-year-old man from Sunset, La., ran from the vehicle and began firing at the Vidor Officer who returned fire but no one was hit according to the release.
"In a period of 24 hours these gentlemen committed 4 robberies and two car jackings. During one of those car jackings, they shot somebody," Carroll said.
In dashcam video released by Vidor Police at least six or seven shots can be heard being fired from one of the men as they run from their vehicle after it came to a stop off the road after attempting to make a turn at a T-intersection.
As the police cruiser comes to a stop the officer can be heard firing at least six rounds at the fleeing suspects.
They managed to elude police for several hours.
Officers and deputies from Calcasieu Parish, the Louisiana State Police, Vinton, Orange County and Vidor set up a perimeter to search for the pair.
Calcasieu Parish deputies were able to arrest the two men at about 9:35 a.m. along with one of their uncles who picked them up and tried to help them escape the area according to the release.
Charles Bracelon Armon, 20, and Trenston Semien, 17, both of Sunset, La., were arrested and both charged with illegal possession of stolen items, aggravated assault with a firearm on a peace officer, aggravated assault with a firearm, aggravated flight from an officer, aggravated robbery and illegal discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.
Semien was also charged with illegal possession of a firearm by a juvenile.
Justin Jules Colligan, 43, also of Sunset, La., who police say picked the suspects up, was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact according to the release.
"Just shows you the dangerousness of these individuals they had no value of life including their own," Carroll said.
All three are being held in the Calcasieu Parish Jail the release said.
Police say Armon and Semien are suspected in a series of robberies and car jackings in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana which are still being investigated.
These individuals are suspects in a series of robberies and car jackings in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. The investigation is on-going and additional charges are expected.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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