MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two days later, questions remain about why two people led police on a high-speed chase in Eden Prairie during the Friday morning rush hour — and whether it was a possible hostage situation.
Speeds reached between 80 and 90 miles an hour as a driver led officers on a 45-minute chase.
The driver of the red Saab rear-ended another car and kept going with the hood up, according to video captured of the incident.
Authorities brought the car to a stop with a pit maneuver sending it crashing into a wall.
When it later came to an end on Highway 212, more than a dozen shots were reportedly fired and 36-year-old Matthew Serbus and 34-year-old Dawn Pfister were killed.
Investigators haven’t said if both were killed by police or if Pfister was killed by Serbus.
On Pfister’s Facebook page, she posted in January the two were in a relationship. She was a mother of two children ages 9 and 12 originally from southwestern Wisconsin.
Both Pfister and Serbus have criminal histories. She was arrested last summer on drug charges.
Serbus has a lengthy criminal history in Minnesota dating back to 1996. His charges range from traffic violations, to drug charges, check fraud and auto theft.
Authorities listed no permanent address when they released their names…so it’s not clear where they were living.
Tonight at 10, Reg Chapman talks with Pfister’s ex-husband. Hear what he’s asking people to do by watching WCCO 4 News At 10.
