NOBODY WAS HURT. MEANWHILE, 4 PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING A HIGH-SPEED CHASE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THAT ENDED WITH 2 POLICE CARS CATCHING FIRE. POLICE SAY THE FIERY CONCLUSION CAME AFTER A HOME INVASION EARLIER IN THE DAY. >> AND THE ATTEMPT TO BRING THE SUSPECTS AND NEWS FOUR'S. TANNER DE LEON JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST. WE'LL AROUND ONE 30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE WERE CALLED OUT TO A HOUSE IN RELATION TO A HOME INVASION. THEY LEARNED 4 PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED EACH A DIFFERENT VEHICLE, MAKING IT CHALLENGING TO TRACK THEM DOWN. >> A FIERY INTO A POLICE CHASE EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACTUALLY STARTED AT A HOME HOURS EARLIER. INVESTIGATORS GOT THERE. THEY LEARNED HOME INVASION ROBBERY HAD TAKEN PLACE HERE. >> WHERE THAT MULTIPLE SUSPECTS SHOWED UP TO THE HOUSE WENT INSIDE. ONE OF THEM WAS ARMED WITH A PISTOL, TOOK MONEY AND EVEN THE VICTIM'S CAR DURING ROBBERY.
>> ALL 4 SUSPECTS LEFT IN DIFFERENT CARS MAKING IT HARDER FOR OFFICERS TO TRACK THEM DOWN. EVENTUALLY THE STOLEN CAR WAS FOUND DITCHED IN A PARKING LOT AND USING VIDEO OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THE OTHER 3 TO STOP WHEN OFFICERS PULLED THEM OVER. BUT THE 3RD LED POLICE ON THIS CHASE DOWN. I-235. THEN BACK NORTH MACINTYRE LOT CHOPPER 4 CALLED THE END OF THE CHASE AS THE DRIVER BAILED OUT AND TOOK OFF AS HE RAN. THE NEWS FOR ASSIGNMENT DESK WAS ON THE PHONE WITH POLICE TELLING THEM EVERY MOVE HE MADE. OFFICERS PURSUED HIM. >> ON FOOT WAS ABLE TO TAKE THAT FINAL SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY.
AGAIN, 4 PEOPLE ARRESTED IN THERE WAS EVIDENCE RECOVERED ARE IN RELATION TO THE HOME INVASION ROBBERY. BUT POLICE DIDN'T EXPECT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT. 2 POLICE CARS CAUGHT FIRE IN THE GRASS JUST NORTH OF 23RD STREET BETWEEN THE BROADWAY EXTENSION AND THE TRAIN TRACKS. OFFICERS LEFT THE CARS RUNNING ONCE THE SUSPECT GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND RAN BETWEEN THE HEAT OF THE CAR AND THE TALL GRASS. A LARGE FIRE QUICKLY SWALLOWED UP BOTH VEHICLES. IT WASN'T DUE TO A CRASH. >> GRASS WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE PATROL CARS EVENTUALLY ALSO CAUGHT ON FIRE THERE.
VERY UNFORTUNATE EVENT. BUT AGAIN, NOBODY WAS INJURED AS A RESULT OF ALL THAT. >> NOW, AS FOR THE POLICE CARS, WE'RE TOLD THAT THEY ARE A TOTAL LOSS. ALL 4 SUSPECTS ARE FACING ROBBERY AND KIDNAPPING CHARGES. THE DRIVER .