Methamphetamine users are particularly troublesome in the wee small hours of the morning - the drug causes restlessness and agitation. And although many people might be inclined to associate drug use and other nighttime crimes with young people, the officers say they tend to have more run-ins with adults than juveniles. After midnight, it's mostly adults. Tonight, the latter calls begin early. Swing shift is still on duty, so there is plenty of help available when officers arrive on the scene and commence searching for a man involved in an incident at a home on Elmira Road.
Officers figure the suspect is hiding somewhere in the home.
Sure enough, when police check a closet, the suspect bursts out, shoving two officers out of the way as he bolts from the residence. The police give chase on foot. Other officers arrive on scene. A perimeter is established. Near the City Corporation Yard, Officer Gary Anderson spots something - a movement of some kind.