Jamestown Police shot out a tire on a SUV driven by 32-year-old city resident Simeon A. Leeper Thursday around 6 p.m., after he fled from an attempted traffic stop on Barrett Avenue.
He was spotted turning into a private driveway on Elam Avenue and police say they told him to get out of the vehicle. Instead he tried to maneuver around the yard, almost hitting an officer.
It was then the officer shot out a tire, causing the SUV to crash into a small fence separating the two adjacent yards.
Leeper was taken to the county jail due to a parole violation and the incident is under investigation by numerous law enforcement agencies in the area. A full report will be in Saturday's edition of the Post Journal.