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Alex Cabrero Reporting A wild night ends in North Salt Lake with two people arrested for shooting at a police officer and another woman.
The officer and the woman are okay, and investigators are still trying to sort out more than five different crime scenes. Ask any police officer involved in this chase, and most will say the same thing.
Capt. T. McLachlan/ West Valley Police Dept.: "It was very, very crazy."
And that's just the beginning. When everything settled down, two suspects were arrested and accused of two shootings, two carjackings, and plenty of other violations.
It started in West Valley when an officer noticed a suspicious car. He ran the license plate and it came back stolen. When he tried to pull the car over, the driver took off through Redwood Road, Highway 201, I-15, and into Salt Lake City.
Capt. T. McLachlan/ West Valley Police Dept.: "The driver of the stolen vehicle leaned out of his vehicle and fired multiple shots at our pursuing car."
The officer wasn't hit, but his car was. The two suspects then abandoned their car, jumped the fence to I-15, and tried to carjack a woman driving southbound.
Capt. T. McLachlan/ West Valley Police Dept.: "The driver of the car, a lady, refused to relinquish control of that vehicle. The male suspect opened fire on her, shooting into the vehicle."
She was hit four times, but was able to drive away.
The two suspects then jumped another fence to the Flying J oil refinery and stole one of their pick-ups, but not before a Salt Lake County deputy and a Taylorsville police officer cornered them.
Capt. T. McLachlan/ West Valley Police Dept.: "The driver, the suspect rammed into the deputy's car. At that point, the Taylorsville officer opened fire on the suspects in the Flying J truck. They then surrendered and were arrested."
Randy Parry, 25, a gang member wanted in South Dakota and Murray, and Crystal Huffman, 29, were both arrested and face at least two counts of attempted homicide.
Capt. T. McLachlan/ West Valley Police Dept.: "This is going to take a long time to get it all worked out."
The two suspects told police there was a bomb inside their first car. But nothing turned up.
The woman who was shot four times in her arms and leg was treated at the hospital and released. She's going to be okay.
