Police in Overland Park, Kansas, are searching for the suspect responsible for setting a family's home on fire Friday morning β and that suspect may be driving a vehicle riddled with bullets. Police said a witness saw a white compact car park in front of his home around a. The man watched as someone got out of the car and walked toward the backyard of a nearby home in the block of Outlook.
The witness then heard glass breaking and saw the house catch fire. The witness told police he saw the suspect running back toward the vehicle, so he pointed a gun at the suspect and told the suspect, who was wearing a mask, to stop.
The suspect jumped back into the vehicle and fled westbound on th Terrace. Police said two adults and two children were inside the house that had been set on fire.
They made it out safely. He said his goal was to immobilize the vehicle, which was a compact white SUV, and that he could have shot the suspect, but didn't because it wasn't on his property. Get on the ground! And I started shooting the tires out on the car so I could try to slow him down a little bit. Tschirhart said the suspect had a face shield on, similar to a welder's mask.
He's not sure if he was able to flatten any of the vehicle's tires. I was just making sure that I wasn't shooting doors, or any houses. That was my main concern. Watch on Demand. Press enter to search Type to Search. OPPD: Witness fires shots at suspect after seeing suspected arson, family inside burning home not injured Two adults and two children inside the home were not injured Share.
