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Suspect killed in fiery crash while fleeing law enforcement

Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM

By Staff report

A fleeing suspect died early Thursday morning in a fiery crash in Johnson County.

IMPD detectives report being at East 21st Street and North Emerson when they witnessed a known aggravated assault suspect drive by them.

Officers were requested to make a traffic stop on the suspect’s truck. The suspect led them on a pursuit down I-65 into Johnson County. Officers attempted a maneuver to stop the truck but the suspect escaped that and drove on. Moments later, the suspect vehicle went off the road and struck a concrete culvert. The truck then went airborne before landing in a ditch where it caught fire.

The suspect, Marco Antonio Pena Morales, 30, of Chicago, was killed.

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