GILBERT, Ariz., May 19 (UPI) -- Police say a member of an alleged home-invasion robbery gang was killed Tuesday when a getaway car crashed in suburban Phoenix.
The alleged bandit died when he was ejected from a vehicle that rolled over after Gilbert, Ariz., police used the Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT) maneuver in an attempt to cause the car to spin out and stall.
Police told the Arizona Republic the crash culminated a high-speed chase that began when officers were called to a home around 2 a.m. MDT where four intruders wearing body armor and toting assault rifles had allegedly robbed the couple that lived there.
The robbers and a fifth member of the gang fled in two separate cars. One vehicle was stopped by police but the other car continued fleeing until it crashed.
