Update 4:30 p.m. – Release from Andrew County as follows :

At about 3:23am., two Andrew County Deputies initiated a vehicle stop on County Road 401 in Andrew County near Nodaway, Mo. The vehicle stop was for improper vehicle registration issues. The suspect vehicle failed to stop fled at a high rate of speed on County Road 401 then onto County Road 402. The suspect vehicle continue to flee and entered Holt County, Mo., on Holt County Road 324. Deputies continued the pursuit onto State Hwy U in Holt County. While pursuing at about 60 MPH, the suspect vehicle driver shot four times from a handgun at the pursing deputies out the driver’s side window. Neither the deputies or their patrol cars was hit. Pursuit continued on State Route U and the east on U.S Highway 59 in Holt County. Suspect vehicle entered Interstate 29 at the 67 mile marker and continue south back into Andrew County where at the 65 mm in Andrew County, the suspect vehicle jumped the median and continued south in the northbound lane of I-29 where he met several vehicles, nearly hitting them head on. Suspect vehicle continued in the wrong lane to the 63.4 mm where the driver drove off the interstate into a wooded area and both suspected exited the vehicle and fled on foot. Once the suspects fled, they were considered armed and dangerous. A massive search of the area involved officers from many surrounding jurisdictions. Officers on foot along with K-9 dog units, in total darkness, checked the area. A Missouri Highway Patrol helicopter was also brought to assist the search using a heat seeking infrared device. Many officers provided a perimeter while the search was conducted. At approximately 9:52 am, a local area resident spotted the two suspects on their property and called 911. Deputies and other officers found the white male driver and the white female passenger and took them into custody without incident. Both suspects were immediately taken to the Andrew County Jail pending formal charges. The investigation is continues. All names of the Deputies involved and the suspects are being held at this time.

Agencies involved—

Andrew County Deputies

Savannah Police Department

Troopers from the Mo. State Highway Patrol

St Joseph Police Officers

Nodaway County Deputies

Holt County Deputies
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Update 11:57 a.m. – The Andrew County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that two suspects have been taken into custody following a chase early Saturday morning.

The department said further details will be released later today.

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5:33 a.m. – Andrew County deputies and officers from several jurisdictions searched a large area west of Savannah Saturday morning for two suspects.

Authorities shortly after 4 a.m. alerted the public via a Nixle alert to avoid the area of I-29 at the 63.2 mile marker after fleeing from a deputy trying to make a traffic stop.

The deputy pursued the pair into Holt County and then back into Nodaway County, before the suspects abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.

Officials say the suspects fired shots during the pursuit, but the deputies were not injured.

Officers, deputies and troopers from Andrew, Buchanan and Nodaway counties, the St Joseph Police Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol joined the search.

Officials urge you to avoid the area of mile marker 63.2 on I-29 and the area north and east of there.