KC police video of car chase before Chiefs celebration parade shows crowd scrambling
Kansas City police on Friday released the video of a man who led officers on a car chase down the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade route Wednesday morning.
The 4:24-minute video began with an officer yelling into his radio: “We just had a car bust through the route at staging. It’s southbound.”
In succeeding minutes, Addae J. Doyle, 42, led officers on a chase that stretched the length of the parade route from Berkley Riverfront to Pershing Road and Grand Boulevard.
Once there, officers used a tactical maneuver to end the chase, blocking the car in before it could reach crowds gathered near Union Station. There were no injuries.
On Thursday, Police Chief Rick Smith said officers nearly opened fire on Doyle as he sped down the parade route.
“We came this close to having a police-involved shooting at this incident,” Smith said during a Thursday morning news conference. “There were many officers that were both on the ground. I even talked to a couple of our snipers that were deployed; they had the same thought.”
Jackson County prosecutors charged Doyle with resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor driving while intoxicated.
Doyle allegedly told police the last thing he remembered was getting high, according to charging documents. Police said he tested positive for amphetamines and cocaine.
He drove at speeds up to 60 mph on flattened tires, police said.
Police said a female passenger who was in the back seat was released.
At least 30 cameras, one on almost every intersection, were positioned along the parade route, officials said. Police snipers also were perched in various locations. Officers from 19 different law enforcement agencies, including some from Kansas, helped provide security for the parade.
The video captured the dialogue between different police officers during the pursuit.
It showed Doyle driving over a series of stop sticks that had been thrown out by officers along Grand Boulevard.
A police patrol vehicle attempted to block the Taurus as it raced south on Grand Boulevard. At Sixth Street and Grand Boulevard, the Taurus momentarily slowed down as it pulled up to the unmarked police SUV.
A number of uniformed officers quickly tried to converge on the suspect vehicle but Doyle gunned the car in reverse.
“Watch the crossfire if there is any,” an officer instructed officers nearby. “They’re going in reverse on the bridge.”
A different camera captured parade watchers scramble for safety as the Taurus eluded police.
A dispatcher chimed in, “Hey, we got information there could be a kid in the back seat.”
A camera facing north on Grand Boulevard showed the fleeing Taurus from a patrol car, with its emergency lights flashing, speeding close behind.
“All of the tires are flat. All of the tires are flat,” said an officer.
Considering another effort to stop the Taurus, an officer suggested: “700: if we have those semis still down on the route, use them to block the route.”
At least six police vehicles raced behind the Taurus.
When the Taurus reached Pershing Road and Grand Boulevard, an officer ordered his colleagues to watch out for a large patch of pedestrians that lined both sides of the street.
Another officer said: “At 20th, we’ve got a bunch of pedestrians down here. There’s no clear path. We need to get this stopped.”
Officers positioned at the intersection waved their arms and motioned to pedestrians to move back, away from the chase.
“Towards Pershing, there are pedestrians all sides. If we could box it in, I would say it may be the time.”
One of the trailing patrol cars tapped the rear of the Taurus, causing Doyle to lose control.
“Permission anyone needs to take that out, take it out,” an officer told his colleagues.
“Guys, if we can get a car behind it, I know we’ve got to watch the crossfire, but let’s not let it out of there.”
Ultimately, police used the tactical maneuver to end the chase. Multiple officers, with their weapons drawn, immediately converged to arrest Doyle.
Wednesday’s police pursuit was not Doyle’s first.
He was convicted three times previously of fleeing police. Doyle was charged in cases in 2005, 2009 and 2016 in Wyandotte County with attempting to flee and elude law enforcement. He served time in prison for two of those sentences, court records show.
During a press conference on Thursday, Mayor Quinton Lucas commended the police chief and officers for their work to ensure no pedestrians were injured.
“It is outstanding planning by our police department, by our partner agencies and that is the reason why that everyone is safe and everyone had a chance to enjoy the parade,” Lucas said.
This story was originally published February 7, 2020 at 3:33 PM.
