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TPD: ‘I don’t believe he knew the helicopter was overhead tracking him’ during the chase

Tulsa, Okla. — A 20-year old Tulsa man is in jail for eluding and marijuana possession after a high-speed police chase.

We're told Marquail Campbell committed a traffic violation that started a chase from near East Pine Street and North Peoria Avenue to South 109 East Avenue where he parked in the garage and went inside a girlfriend's house.

TPD Cpl. David Weakley said, “I don’t believe he knew the helicopter was overhead tracking him. When we do that we pull our ground units off to where they can’t be visible.”

Police radio traffic revealed that the chase had gotten up to 100 miles an hour at times before 2 a.m. Friday.

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