A soldier is under arrest after stealing an armored vehicle from the Fort Pickett Army National Guard base in Blackstone, Virginia and taking it on a two-hour joy reid through northern Virginia:
https://twitter.com/mrglenn/status/1004194391001649152
Videos of the police chase, which Twitter quickly labeled a tank (wrongly), quickly went viral for obvious reasons:
This is INSANE! Someone has hijacked a “Tank-like” vehicle from Fort Pickett and just drove it by our apartment! This is on Broad Street in the Fan. pic.twitter.com/EYfhFux1dk
— Parker Slaybaugh (@ParkerSlay89) June 6, 2018
This is NOT something you see every day:
Police are chasing a stolen tank in Virginia. pic.twitter.com/5Kbvui3Uuf
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) June 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/kagui005/status/1004181680905703424
But, alas … all good things must come to an end:
Brother in law is a SWAT officer in the #RVA area and snapped this picture tonight of the crazy tank like vehicle that fled from Fort Pickett. Chase ended downtown near the Children’s Hospital. pic.twitter.com/4GYy7r0BC6
— C. H. Baird (@CyrusBaird) June 6, 2018
The unidentified soldier was then arrested and thankfully no injuries were reported:
Update: A soldier is in custody after stealing an armored personnel vehicle and leading police on a chase, a Virginia State Police spokesperson said. https://t.co/TE9po0OotX
— NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) June 6, 2018
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