PITTSBURGH — A wild police chase through multiple Pittsburgh neighborhoods ends with charges filed.
This chase went through two city neighborhoods just after midnight.
The first thing that tipped the officer off was the fake license plate on the back of the car that had a telling slogan.
The plate said “WILLRUN,” and when the officer tried to pull the driver over on March 28, detectives say the driver did just that, and kept going through the Strip District.
“Not surprised at all because he’s running from police. Sounds like a scumbag,” Pittsburgh resident Nate Bowser said.
Police tell Channel 11 that the man behind the wheel was Hassan Shareef, who they say began weaving in and out of traffic lanes before getting onto Penn Avenue, despite the patrol car having its lights and sirens on.
According to investigators, Shareef eventually ran the red light at the 31st Street Bridge and almost hit two cars.
That’s when the officer stopped the chase, per the department’s protocol, after he wasn’t able to catch up to him.
The car eventually got to Lawrenceville, near Plummer and 47th, where surveillance cameras recorded him taking off the “WILLRUN” fake plate, and putting it in his trunk.
Through tracking down surveillance video, Shareef’s prior run-ins with the law, and phone records, police were able to ID their suspect and filed 25 charges on Thursday.
Shareef had previously been charged with leading police on a prior chase and doing car stunts and burnouts near pedestrians.
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