Rob Carver said it appeared that the suspect was targeting pedestrians as police cruisers pursued the fire truck. The fire truck was parked after responding to a medical call when it was taken, said John Lane, chief of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service. Carver said officers used two spike belts and the fire truck finally stopped underneath Midtown Bridge, which brings traffic over the Assiniboine River. Two people were charged in October after a police car was stolen and city officer used spike belts to retrieve a cruiser stolen from the Manitoba First Nations Police Service in July. Carver said he’d never seen a fire truck get stolen before.

Source: thestar November 29, 2019 22:07 UTC