MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A teenager was arrested early Friday morning after he led a police chase and was found with a firearm, according to the Mobile Police Department.
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Officers saw a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot at 4501 Moffett Road, just behind Forest Hill Elementary School.
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Officers attempted to make a traffic stop, but the driver refused to stop and led a brief chase that ended when he hit a parked car on Brooke Court, according to an MPD news release.
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The driver and passenger exited the automobile and ran away, police said.
Officers took a 16-year-old boy into custody after chasing him on foot. They found him with a firearm.
He was arrested and taken to Strickland Youth Center. The driver of the vehicle managed to get away, police said.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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