Police open fire on stolen truck that later hit house, caused explosion

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 12, 2025 11:12 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Winnipeg constabulary officers opened occurrence connected a stolen pickup motortruck they accidental was driven toward them arsenic the operator tried to flee, earlier the truck crashed into a location and caused an detonation Friday night.

Around 6 p.m., officers saw a Ford F250, which had been reported stolen, headed northbound connected Home Street, betwixt Portage and St. Matthews avenues in the city's West End.

Police blocked disconnected the azygous lane of postulation with their cruiser successful an effort to halt the truck,  but the operator past reversed and deed different vehicle, according to a Saturday quality merchandise from the Winnipeg Police Service.

The motortruck was past driven toward the constabulary cruiser and the officers, who were astatine that constituent lasting extracurricular their vehicle. They fired shots astatine the truck, the constabulary quality merchandise said.

A video circulating connected societal media shows a truck attempting to evade constabulary by swerving astir a cruiser blocking postulation connected a residential thoroughfare arsenic officers fired aggregate shots astatine the vehicle.

Police accidental the truck's operator past drove it onto a boulevard and continued down Home Street toward St. Matthews, wherever the motortruck deed a 2nd constabulary conveyance and the operator mislaid control.

The motortruck deed a house on Home Street, betwixt St. Matthews and Ellice avenues. The collision started a occurrence that spread to a ample substance vessel located successful the backmost of the pickup truck, which exploded and acceptable some the motortruck and the location connected fire, constabulary said.

Police accidental 2 people — a 48-year-old antheral who was driving the motortruck and a 29-year-old pistillate who was a rider — fled connected ft and were arrested nearby.

No injuries were reported successful the incident, constabulary said. 

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba, which investigates each superior incidents involving constabulary successful the province, was notified of the incident, according to the constabulary quality release.

In a separate news merchandise sent Friday night, the City of Winnipeg said fire-paramedics were called astatine 6 p.m. to enactment retired the occurrence astatine the one-and-a-half storey location connected Home Street.

Firefighters saw heavy fume and flames coming from the location erstwhile they arrived, and attacked the occurrence from extracurricular earlier moving into the home, the merchandise said.

The fire was nether power by 7:15 p.m. No radical were recovered wrong the house, but a feline was recovered dormant successful the home.