Two cruisers damaged as officers recover stolen car



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Two suspects were arrested and two police cruisers wrecked after a spate of incidents in a West Houston parking lot early Saturday morning.

It began when a Houston police officer spotted a traffic violation and ran the perpetrators license plates, finding the vehicle freshly stolen from Montgomery County. Reports showed that, hours before, a woman had left her car running while she stepped into a convenience store, and two men jumped inside then drove away.

The officer attempted to make a stop, and the suspects fled, turning into a strip center parking lot near Wilcrest and High Star, hitting a parked car and fleeing on foot. Officers caught the driver and the passenger escaped.

When another HPD cruiser attempted to pull into the parking lot, it was struck from behind by a driver on Wilcrest.

As the officers were completing the investigation, an intoxicated woman struck an HPD cruiser that was parked on Wilcrest to block off the scene. She was arrested for DWI. No injuries were reported from the multiple collisions.