Police pursuit ends with arrest of drive-by shooting suspect

(CAÑON CITY, Colo.) — The Cañon City Police Department (CCPD) commended officers for ending a police pursuit that resulted in the arrest of a suspect in a drive-by shooting.

According to CCPD, on Wednesday, July 24 around 3 p.m. officers were called to the 2100 block of Central Avenue near North Orchard Avenue about reports of shots fired. When officers arrived they found evidence that shots were fired at a home and vehicle in the area. Police gathered evidence and statements and with the help of a CCPD Crime Analyst, and the Colorado Department of Corrections identified the suspect as 34-year-old Andrew Seymour.

CCPD officers found Seymour driving a vehicle that matched the one seen leaving the area of the shooting. Officers tried to initiate a traffic stop but Seymour allegedly tried to get away from officers in the vehicle. After a short vehicle chase, CCPD said officers saw an opportunity to execute a pursuit intervention technique and pinned the vehicle between a telephone pole and two CCPD vehicles.

Seymour was taken into custody with no injuries and a search of the vehicle found a semi-automatic handgun that CCPD believes was used in the shooting along with a small amount of suspected Fentanyl and MDMA.

Seymour was booked into the Fremont County Jail on the following charges:

• Criminal Attempt to Commit Assault in the First Degree
• Illegal Discharge of a Firearm
• Menacing
• Possession of Weapons by Previous Offenders
• Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument
• Criminal Mischief
• Reckless Endangerment
• Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance

Police Chief John W. Schick Jr. said the efforts by officers to use the maneuver to end the chase before the vehicle could be driven into more populated areas of the city along with the fact that the driver was a suspect of a drive-by and not knowing if the driver was still armed, was nothing short of heroic and both officers were commended for their action.

“Further, the ability of our officers to funnel real-time information to a Crime Analyst, who was able to filter information through intelligence communities and outside law enforcement partners, was a direct reason why this incident was handled in such a timely manner,” said Police Chief Schick.

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