CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Editors note: Law enforcement at the scene originally told 3NEWS the chase involved migrants, but are now saying that information is not confirmed.
Nueces County Constable Pct. 5 and Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers are involved in a standoff at a storage building on 624 and County Road 75 in the Calallen area.
The incident began as a chase from Duval County, reportedly involving a vehicle full of migrants, and law enforcement said the driver currently is barricaded inside the building.
Freer police chief Rolando Flores and a Border Patrol agent have been injured, per DPS. The two law enforcement officers collided in the chase.
It all began around 5:30 a.m. when the migrants reportedly ran through a checkpoint in Duval County.
The vehicle was went through primary inspection, was flagged, and asked to go through a secondary inspection, DPS Public Information Officer Harold "Rob" Mallory said.
The driver then fled.
That's when Freer Police Chief Rolando Flores gave chase. A border patrol agent responding to the incident from FM 44 came out onto the roadway on 59 and the chief T-boned him.
Authorities said Flores was sent to a local hospital with minor injuries., and that US Border Patrol agent was transported into Corpus Christi with a broken collarbone.
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