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Court docs: Suspects climbed out windows, fired around 10 shots at police while fleeing Thursday night

Police were conducting an investigation when a vehicle fled the scene. When police attempted to follow the vehicle, the occupants began shooting at the officers.
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CINCINNATI — Multiple people were arrested after shooting at police in an unmarked police car, then fleeing officers, according to Hamilton County court records.

Cincinnati police said officers were conducting an investigation on Este Avenue at around 7:51 p.m. Thursday night. Court documents say those officers were at a gas station performing surveillance when they spotted a vehicle with five people inside driving recklessly from the area.

The officers, who were in an unmarked vehicle at the time, followed the other vehicle and requested uniformed officers in marked cars arrive to make a traffic stop, according to court records.

"The rear passengers of the mentioned vehicle then climbed out of the windows and fired approximately 10 shots at the unmarked police car," reads the court document.

From there, the suspects refused to stop for officers in marked vehicles with lights and sirens active, the court records say.

The pursuit continued for nearly an hour and a half and stretched through numerous neighborhoods and jurisdictions, police wrote in the court records.

The documents say police had to use K-9 units and drones, but they arrested three of the five people who were in the car. After searching the car, police found three guns, court records show.

Police have not released the identity of anyone involved in the incident, but court records show two of the three arrests made Thursday night were Tyreese Vaughn and Tyrell Vaughn. Jail records show both were booked into the Hamilton County Justice Center just after 6 a.m. Friday morning.

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