Police pursue erratic driver who fled on foot in Mesa, Mesa AZ

Traffic

Reported: 11/16/2025 04:47 AM

E 8th Pl & N Horne, Mesa, AZ 85203

Police pursued a vehicle driving erratically near 8th Place and North Horne in Mesa. The vehicle ran a stop sign and nearly hit an officer before being found abandoned. The driver fled on foot, and officers established a perimeter and used a drone to search for the suspect.

Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Red Mountain Patrol District

02:59

Transcript:

00:00

2932, 29 to plate. 29 to plate.

00:06

He almost hit me.

00:17

Same down 32, same traffic.

00:22

He's all over the road, just ran the stop sign, shoved on horns.

00:28

Copy all of you guys, a channel.

00:33

Channel 3 is 1034, 7.3, 2nd, 8th Street, Horn,

00:38

traffic convoy.

00:40

The question on 8th Street.

00:45

All right. All right.

00:47

All right.

00:54

All right.

01:00

So if the vehicle, confirm that plate, please.

01:10

You can watch the south on Hobson.

01:15

That came back negative on the Nissan case.

01:17

Pickup's going to be unoccupied, he's going to be on foot.

01:22

Get perimeter side.

01:28

Do you worry about right now? Get over to you and get the drone up?

01:35

I believe it's eighth place in option.

01:37

All right, Tom, can you just go to 8th Street Horn?

01:45

What's direction do you run?

01:48

We don't know.

01:49

We just landed and the vehicle is unoccupied.

01:56

Okay, I have pretty quick, I have not seen him west down yet.

02:03

Everyone found, said it was east.

02:07

Copy. 3M.31, are you said to the west on 8th Street and west?

02:13

3rdm 31, copy?

02:17

Based on what I saw, the driver is male, short hair, approximately 5, 6, 5, 7.

02:28

They're going to head to Pipe.

02:35

Adam 21, can you start for Horn and Keenoddraud?

02:42

Yeah, I'm so okay.

02:48

Be surrounded.

02:57

Do you probably think we went no time.

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E 8th Pl & N Horne, Mesa, AZ 85203

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