An Indian River Sheriff's deputy chased a DUI suspect doing over 100 mph, and the wild pursuit was caught on dashcam video.
The video shows the suspect, Robert Rogers, walking towards the deputies putting his hand in his pants as if he is pulling out a gun.
The deputy saw that the suspect put his hand pointed like a gun and made a quick decision not to fire.
"Deputy Flores realized he didn't have a fire arm, even though he was acting like he did, so rather than go to deadly force, which was probably an option which may have been justified depending on the suspect's actions, Deputy Flores instead put his firearm away and used his taser to try to subdue the subject," said Lt. Thomas Raulen.
The chase ended in a physical scuffle between the Rogers and three deputies. One of the deputies suffered minor injures.
According to an arrest affidavit, the deputy witnessed Rogers driving his red Kia Soul at speeds of 119 MPH while passing vehicles in the shoulder on I-95, as fast as 109 MPH on 66th Avenue, and 106 MPH on S.R. 60.
According to IRCSO, Rogers ran several red lights, weaved in and out of traffic, crashed his vehicle several times during the pursuit, and posed a threat to the community.
According to the arrest affidavit, Rogers told deputies that he wanted to die and had taken 13 Xanax pills. He was transported to the hospital for medical treatment for possible overdose.
At the hospital, Rogers' blood alcohol content was .106%. He also had some other unknown substances in his system which caused his heart rate to be excessive. The deputy says Rogers would look around the room and grab at things that weren't there and was hallucinating.
The sheriff's office is waiting on Rogers' toxicology results.
No one else was injured in the incident.
