4 minors detained after armed robbery leads to I-10 car chase

Armed robbery involving juveniles turns into 30-mile pursuit before crash

Several minors are in custody after an armed robbery led to a police pursuit and crash in Buckeye early Sunday morning. FOX 10's Jacob Luthi reports.

PHOENIX - Four minors were detained following an armed robbery and car chase early Sunday morning. 

What we know:

Just after 1:30 a.m. on April 26, Phoenix Police responded to reports of an armed robbery near 39th Street and Maryland Avenue. 

"Several juveniles armed with guns had taken property and fled in a vehicle," officials said. Police initiated a pursuit on westbound I-10, with assistance from DPS troopers, after the driver did not stop.

After the driver exited the highway at Watson Road, they crashed into another parked car in Buckeye. Everyone inside the car ran from the scene of the crash. 

Four minors were detained. One of the boys detained was taken to a nearby hospital with a minor injury. Police recovered the items they stole. 

Local perspective:

A neighbor's security video showed the moments the car was stopped in the middle of the street, as officers closed in.

"We start hearing calls from the helicopter PA system, we started hearing calls like that— ‘Give up. Now we have you surrounded.' That kind of clued me in," Buckeye resident Derek Hilton said. "There were actually people out, which got people looking, not just out front at what was actually happening here, but also kind of clued me into, they probably don't know where everybody's at, so that made me start looking in my backyard, side yard, things like that."

What we don't know:

Officials did not say what the stolen property was or where the armed robbery took place. No identities were released. 

Map of the nearby area of the armed robbery.