TX - Wilmer Joe Hill, Jr, 21, Wanted after kidnapping 1 yr old (girl fnd safe)

Wilmer Joe Hill, Jr., 21, of Texarkana, TX is wanted on several charges that include Aggravated Assault of a Public Servant, Assault-Family Violence, Evading Arrest in a Vehicle, and Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle.

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Police were called to Jameson St. around 6 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a kidnapping, and when officers arrived, they say Wilmer Hill tried to run of them over before leading them on a high speed chase.

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As officers arrived and exited their vehicles, a vehicle being driven by Hill at a high rate of speed emerged from the back yard of the residence. As Hill drove through the yard, he swerved the vehicle in an apparent attempt to strike Officer Misty Tyler. Tyler was able to dive out of the path of the vehicle and avoid injury. Officers pursued the vehicle west into Bowie County where they lost sight of it in the area southwest of US Highway 67 and South Kings Highway. Officers then located the unoccupied vehicle on Bottoms Road, where it was overturned in a ditch and on fire.

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The chase ended on Bottoms Rd. in the Liberty Eylau area, where the man got out of the car after crashing into a ditch and catching fire. Police say Wilmer Hill fled on foot into the woods.

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