Suspect in Saskatoon police pursuit taken to hospital with dog bite injuries, police say

Hannah Spray · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 09, 2025 11:48 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

A 32-year-old antheral was taken into custody and past transported to infirmary for attraction of canine wound injuries aft a constabulary pursuit of a stolen conveyance ended successful Saskatoon Wednesday morning.

The stolen conveyance was reported astatine 7:53 a.m. CST and the constabulary chase wound done southbound Saskatoon neighbourhoods, into the downtown and past backmost to the southbound broadside of the metropolis earlier the man was taken into custody astatine 8:32 a.m. CST.

Dozens of constabulary cars were involved, and aggregate civilian and constabulary vehicles were damaged. Some constabulary officers besides fired their weapons.

In the aftermath, the ample truck could beryllium seen lying connected its broadside successful the writer beside the off-ramp from Circle Drive onto Valley Road. There was a ample hole in the windshield, and much than a twelve constabulary cars and a achromatic armoured conveyance were nearby.

Police accidental the motortruck was a Ford F-550 owned by a backstage institution that was conducting sewer enactment astatine Wiggins Avenue and Cascade Street, successful the Adelaide/Churchill neighbourhood.

Police accidental vehicles 'intentionally' damaged

In an update Wednesday afternoon, Saskatoon constabulary spokesperson Kelsie Fraser said a antheral connected a bicycle rode up to the truck, got successful and drove off.

She said constabulary vehicles were damaged successful 2 incidents erstwhile the fishy "intentionally struck" them portion trying to flee, but nary constabulary officers oregon civilians were injured.

"We are thankful that this turned retired the mode that it did," Fraser said.

She said the pursuit ended when a constabulary conveyance intentionally drove into the motortruck and immobilized it astatine the Circle Drive off-ramp. The operator was extricated but "was inactive not compliant" with officers, she said.

He was taken into custody with the assistance of the canine portion and past transported to infirmary for canine wound injuries.

Truck 'blew by' witness

Eyewitness Luke Ryalls was connected his mode to work, making a right-hand crook from Isabella Street onto Broadway Avenue, erstwhile helium archetypal saw the truck.

"Suddenly, thing blew by maine connected my right, betwixt maine and the curb," helium said. "The backmost of the motortruck was unfastened and the cablegram was dangling retired of it, and the cablegram really banged into my conveyance arsenic it was flying by."

Ryalls called 911, past continued to work. He said helium saw constabulary cars astatine Taylor Street and Lorne Avenue mounting up what appeared to beryllium a spike loop connected the road.

Then, aft helium got to enactment astatine his bureau adjacent downtown, helium saw the aforesaid motortruck stroke by again, this clip with "a batch of bull cars" successful blistery pursuit.

"My different workfellow really was waiting astatine the intersection astatine 22nd and Avenue C. She was connected her mode to enactment too, and she really saw it ram a constabulary conveyance astatine that location," helium said.

After the pursuit, astatine least one damaged constabulary conveyance could beryllium seen astatine the intersection of 22nd Street W. and Avenue C N. More constabulary portion and officers were also at the intersection of 20th Street W. and Avenue C N.

Police notified Saskatchewan's Serious Incident Response Team, an independent, civilian-led portion liable for investigating superior incidents involving officers.

However, Fraser said SIRT notified the constabulary that the incidental didn't conscionable their mandate, arsenic nary 1 was earnestly injured oregon killed. Saskatoon police's superior battle portion is present starring the investigation. Charges were inactive being determined, Fraser said.

Police said successful a quality release that earlier helium stole the truck, the 32-year-old fishy assaulted a taxi driver, stole their conveyance and past struck a convenience store successful the 1500 artifact of 22nd Street, astir 6:40 a.m. CST. The antheral past entered the store, stole immoderate cash, deployed carnivore spray and fled connected foot, according to the release.