Williams v. City of Baytown

OPINION

Jane Bland, Justice

This case arises from a collision involving two suspected shoplifters who, while evading arrest, crashed into a car that stood stopped at a red light. Minutes before the collision, the shoplifting, suspects had rammed a parked police car in a parking lot to avoid a police blockade. During the ensuing chase, the suspect driver proceeded on Garth Road in the City of Baytown at high speeds, weaving in and out of traffic. Responding Baytown police officers followed at slower speeds behind the suspects. Intending to intercept the suspects, another responding officer…