Overview
- Newly shared body and dash cam footage shows a late-night chase with Kneeland’s Charger weaving through traffic at reported speeds up to 160 mph before crashing after striking another vehicle.
- After the driver fled on foot, troopers mounted an hours-long search that used K-9 teams, drones and help from a witness who drove an officer toward a reported sighting.
- Officers who reached the wrecked vehicle noted an empty holster inside, prompting concern that the fleeing driver could be armed.
- Kneeland’s girlfriend, Catalina Mancera, told police she would not reveal his location because she feared he would kill himself.
- Dispatch audio reported that Kneeland was later found in a portable toilet and was deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.