A police chase involving an alleged stolen car on Friday ended with three people facing charges, including two juveniles.
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The chase began around 1:30 p.m. near Ditman Avenue and East 9th Street in eastern KCMO after police spotted a red car that was allegedly stolen.
"They went down this way first and then came back the other way," said David Hall, who lives near the area where the chase began. "About three or four times, they went different directions."
The chase lasted around 15 minutes and ended in the area of Interstate 70 northbound & Manchester.
At times during the chase, the car went off-road.
"They could have gotten a couple people killed, like themselves and somebody else," Hall said.
The chase presented obvious dangers to those who live nearby where the suspects and police raced by.
Kelly Molder is someone who knows all too well about being involved in a police chase.
Starting in the 1980s, Molder was charged in numerous crimes including armed robbery, armed criminal action, and first degree assault.
On Friday, Molder told 41 Action News about the time he hijacked a liquor truck in KCK around 20 years ago and ran from police.
"It was just strictly escape. Flight or fight," he explained. "When you're in a car and they come up behind you, the first thing you want to do is hold it to the floor and run."
Molder said that during a police chase, a runaway suspect puts innocent lives at a great risk.
"Nothing else had value to me," he said.. "I didn't care whose fence I drove through. I didn't care whose car I ran into. That meant driving through people's yards, going through stop signs. Just doing insane things."
Molder said police were able to later catch him after about a mile on the roads.
While no one suffered any injuries in the chase, years later he regrets putting others lives at risk.
"It's a no-win situation," he said. "You're going to get caught. You are going to do more time."
After getting released from prison in 2000 and staying out of crime ever since, Molder hoped others would learn from his mistakes.
"Somebody can get hurt because their selfish and self-centered desire to not get caught has convinced them to run from police," he explained. "The best thing to do is never get yourself in that situation to start. Then, you don't have to worry about what you're going to think of when the police get behind you."
Police did not release the names of any of the suspects involved in Friday's chase.
No injuries or damage were reported.
