No suspects found after stolen vehicle investigation Tuesday

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

No suspects were located after a stolen vehicle chase involving the Boone County Sheriff's office Tuesday.

Capt. Brian Leer with the department reported that at around 9:47 p.m. deputies were involved in a vehicle chase with a stolen Toyota Prius.

The chase reportedly started on Sexton Road at Oak Street and ended in the 700 block of Westwood Avenue. The chase lasted around two minutes, with the driver of the stolen car crashing into a tree in a resident's backyard and running away from the scene.

Columbia police officers were seen on Tuesday night searching a neighborhood near Stewart Road.

The Columbia Police Department wrote on its social media at 10:18 p.m. that officers were assisting Boone County Sheriff’s deputies “in a join investigation of suspects who abandoned a stolen vehicle in the 700 block of Westwood Avenue.”

CPD also wrote that drivers were asked to avoid the area and that “suspects are at large.” Westwood Avenue was blocked off by officers.

An ABC 17 News photographer saw police deploy a drone. Leer also reported that K-9s were used in the investigation.