SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A suspected carjacker is behind bars after a car chase in Salt Lake City shut down part of Interstate 80 during the evening rush hour.
West Valley City police say charges are pending against 19-year-old David Montoya.
Lt. Matt Elson says Montoya has a history of involvement with law enforcement. He’s accused of taking a 2003 Chevy Impala from a woman at a residence in West Valley City about 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Elson says Montoya appeared to have a handgun under his shirt.
Salt Lake City police spotted him at about 400 South and 900 West, where he got a flat tire but went another 20 or 30 blocks before officers caught up with him on I-80.
Westbound I-80 was closed until almost 9 p.m. between I-15 and Redwood Road.
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