PORTAGE, Ind. - A homeless man who led police on a short car chase before firing a gun and striking an occupied home early Wednesday in northwest Indiana remains at large, according to police.

What we know:

Portage police said officers were alerted around 1:31 a.m. to a vehicle pursuit in the city. The chase ended near Plaza Avenue and Plymouth Street just as officers arrived and tried to deploy stop sticks.

Police said the driver, identified as 24-year-old Trayvon Byrd, got out of the vehicle and fired several shots while running away. An occupied home near the intersection was hit by gunfire, though no injuries were reported.

Numerous officers from surrounding agencies helped search for Byrd, but he escaped.

Byrd is described as a Black man, 6 feet 5 inches tall, about 190 pounds,

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