Man tried to use skid-steer as a weapon on I-10 Thursday morning

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Man tried to use skid-steer as a weapon on I-10 Thursday morning

Editor’s Note: News 5 has updated this article to clarify the machine used in the chase: it’s a skid steer.

UPDATE (5:47 p.m.): News 5 is learning more about an incident Thursday morning in which a man driving a stolen skid steer led police on a chase that ended in gunfire.

According to a news release from the Mobile Police Department, officers observed a previously reported stolen skid steer just after 10 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Noble Drive and Noble Lane in Tillmans Corner.

Mobile police said the skid steer had also been used in an attempt to strike a citizen before they saw it at that intersection.

Officers attempted to stop the skid steer, and the skid steer driver then attempted to hit an officer with the skid steer. He then drove off and made his way to westbound Interstate 10 near Highway 90.

Mobile police attempted to make another traffic stop, but the driver continued to drive away and was then driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-10. He then turned around and exited the interstate at Exit 15B back toward Highway 90.

During the chase, an MPD vehicle was hit by the skid steer and majorly damaged.

The driver continued to try to strike police vehicles and officers, which led to the officers responding with gunfire.

The skid steer driver was injured and taken to a local hospital.

MPD officials said the investigation remains active.

UPDATE (2:09 p.m.): Mobile police said a suspect tried to use a Kubota skid steer as a guided weapon during a low-speed chase that ended in gunfire.

Mobile Police responded to a theft call Thursday morning of a man who had allegedly stolen a Kubota skid steer. When officers arrived, Deputy Chief Melvin Jones said the suspect tried to collide with officers.

“The individual in the vehicle attempted to ram a police vehicle,” Jones said.

From there, a low-speed chase began in the area of I-10 and Rangeline Road.

The suspect traveled Westbound on I-10 before investigators said he turned the skid steer into oncoming traffic, traveling east in the westbound lanes.

“The individual then attempted again to ram vehicles,” Jones said.

A portion of the westbound lanes on I-10 were temporarily shut down as officers forced the suspect onto exit 15B, where the chase came to an end with what one witness described as multiple shots fired.

“At first it went off, like two shots. Then it got silent. Then we heard like another six or seven more rounds,” the witness said. “It caught me by shock because you wouldn’t normally hear something like that coming from the interstate.”

The witness said the suspect then lodged the skid steer in a ditch.

“After a while, we just heard sirens. Then we just saw police lights through the trees,” the witness said.

The suspect was hospitalized with unknown injuries.

“As far as we know, we think he was shot,” Jones said. “We’re not sure yet.”

I-10 Westbound is back open. The 15-B exit remains closed as the investigation continues.

UPDATE (12:45 p.m.): Interstate 10 westbound has reopened, with the I-10 westbound exit, 15B, remaining closed “until further notice,” a Mobile Police Department spokesperson said.

UPDATE (12:35 p.m.): News 5’s Asher Redd has spoken with a witness of the slow skid-steer chase on Interstate 10 in Mobile.

The witness said he heard eight to nine gunshots during the event.

The skid steer driver, who led Mobile police on the I-10 westbound chase, attempted to ram into an officer and others on the road, according to investigators.

Parts of the interstate near Tillman’s Corner were blocked off after investigators say the suspect turned the tractor around and started going east in the westbound lanes.

The chase ended on the 15B exit ramp with a shooting.

The suspect is now in the hospital. We don’t know the severity of his injuries.

UPDATE (11:25 a.m.): News 5 has learned more about a low-speed chase that happened this morning on Interstate 10.

A man allegedly stole a Kubota skid steer and led local law enforcement in a chase on I-10 westbound, according to officials. The driver then allegedly turned around and headed east in westbound lanes.

The chase reportedly ended at the exit 15B exit.

(Asher Redd, News 5)

News 5 has learned that a shooting took place, and the skid steer driver was injured.

I-10 westbound at exit 15A through 15B will be closed “until further notice while investigators continue to work this scene,” a Mobile Police spokesperson said.

This story is developing. News 5 will update this article as more information becomes available.

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MOBILE, Ala. (

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) — A man is in police custody after a chase on a skid steer on Interstate 10 near Rangeline Road, according to Mobile Police Department officials.

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MPD officials said the chase on I-10 westbound happened on a Kubota skid steer that was going 8 miles per hour.

The chase started around 10:15 a.m.

I-10 westbound is closed in the area.

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This story is developing. News 5 will update this article as more information becomes available.

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