Suspect in white SUV flees after near collision in Salem, Salem IL


A man wearing a mask ran up to a house near Byrd Road and left the scene. He was later confronted near Bell Club and Green Street and almost hit someone. The suspect fled in a white Chevy SUV, driving west on Green Street and later near Green Street and Farthing Road at speeds over 100 mph.
Audio|Source: Salem Fire and Surrounding Fire, Police & EMS
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Transcript:
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Units 1505 Byrd Road, caller advised a male and a mask, ran up to a house, and then left the scene.
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They tried to confront this male, and he almost struck a person there now at Bell Club and Green Street.
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I'm trying to get them to turn off now.
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Okay, the suspect's in a vehicle?
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Correct.
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Do you have vehicle description in direction?
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It's going to be a white Chevy Traverse headed west on Green Street.
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I'm getting a 28 now.
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Any new updates, Kenny?
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I've got a 28 of C-U-S-H-M-N-3.
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It comes back to a Cushman, Darwin, out of Centrelia on a 2017 Chevy Utility.
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They're now at Green Street and Farthing Road.
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I did tell my caller to pull off.
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They were access of 100-mile-an-hour-plus.
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Two-4. Centrion, know what's going on?
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