WICHITA, Kan. — A 30-year-old Wichita man pleaded guilty to a federal charge of carjacking that was part of a police chase that included officers firing shots at a speeding car.
Federal prosecutors announced Monday that Zachary Ausdemore pleaded guilty. He admitted that on Sept. 10 he stole a car from an elderly Wichita couple after threatening to kill them if they didn’t give him their car keys.
Police said the incident began when officers tried to stop a stolen Jeep. Officers fired at the Jeep as it sped toward them, injuring the driver and Ausdemore.
Ausdemore ran to a house where the couple was watching the chase. He took their car and police chased him until the car went into a ditch.
Ausdemore will be sentenced in February.
