Swimming pools could be closed for the season, however that didn’t cease one Pittsburgh resident from taking their automobile for a dip.

In accordance with the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Workplace, 31-year-old Jeremy Neal was “concerned in suspicious exercise” at a BP gasoline station on Wednesday night time. This prompted deputies to run his automobile’s registration and uncover that he was needed by Braddock Borough Police for a firearms violation.

With this info in hand, deputies rigorously approached Neal and tried to take him into custody. Nevertheless, he refused to exit the automobile and allegedly retrieved a handgun from his coat pocket. Whereas Neal initially dropped the pistol, he reportedly made an try to succeed in for it.

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Thankfully, he was unable to regain possession of it, and as an alternative, he rapidly put the automobile – which seems to be a first-generation Chrysler Pacifica – into drive and “fled at a excessive price of velocity.” In his determined escape bid, Neal reportedly drove by a building space, colliding with a trailer and a constructing, whereas narrowly avoiding two building employees.

Deputies then misplaced observe of Neal, however the Pittsburgh Police got here throughout his automobile the next night. This sparked a big response as a number of regulation enforcement companies descended upon Forest Hills. There, Neal tried to elude authorities as soon as once more, however his luck ran out as he crashed into the deep finish of a swimming pool.

He wasn’t the one one as a “Pittsburgh Police automobile additionally struck the pool, however was solely partially submerged.” Fortunately nobody was injured and the automobiles have been eliminated due to the help of tow vans and divers.