Police have identified the suspect who jumped into a retention pond following a foot chase on I-270 Thursday.

A man is in custody after authorities say he led police on a foot chase through several lanes of I-270 near Easton before jumping into a pond.

Columbus police said they received a call of a car crash near I-270 southbound and Morse Road in Gahanna around 8 a.m. Thursday.

The vehicle was reportedly traveling at high rates of speed in and out of traffic. The vehicle struck additional cars before the driver got out of his car and started running down the highway.

Police say the 20-year-old suspect, identified as Markell Mitchell, tried to hijack a car but was unsuccessful and tried to jump into more vehicles.

Officers chased him on foot into the Abbott Laboratories parking lot on Steltzer Road. The suspect then jumped into the retention pond at Abbott.

Authorities say Mitchell was in the water for approximately 18 minutes before divers with the Columbus Division of Fire pulled him out. He was taken to Ohio State Wexner Medical Center East for hypothermia.

Police said the Mitchell only identified himself as God at the time.