MUNSTER, Ind. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A Hammond man was arrested in Munster last night after, police say, he rammed police vehicles in a stolen Jeep and an officer fired shots at the Jeep.
State Police are investigating the incident that started when a Munster officer identified a Jeep SUV at a gas station as having been stolen.
Other officers pulled into the gas station at Ridge Road and Manor Avenue. Police say a man got into the Jeep and started ramming the police cars.
An officer fired at the Jeep. There were five bullet holes in the windshield, four in a tight group directly where the driver would be sitting.
The man was not hit. He was chased on foot. Police used a taser to stop him.
He was checked out at a hospital and is now in the Lake County Jail.He’s identified as 30-year-old Roy Viverette from Hammond.
State Police said he has an active full extradition warrant out of Cook County for what police describe as “numerous offenses in Illinois.”
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