UPDATE - West Jordan Police now reports that K-9 Maya, who was a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois with the West Jordan Police Department, was killed during the incident. Further details were not made available.
The original incident happened Thursday at 11 a.m. in West Jordan when police received a report that a woman was being held against her will by a man with a handgun.At some point, the woman was able to break free from the man, and he began to chase her. Officers found the vehicle he was driving near Jordan Landing, where a vehicle pursuit started. Due to safety reasons and the traffic in the area, the pursuit was discontinued.
While investigators were trying to track down the man, they learned he had contacted the woman's relatives and had threatened them with a handgun, West Jordan Police report. Officers spiked the man's tires during the pursuit and the man exited the car and began to run away while carrying the handgun.
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