SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -A person has died after a police pursuit led to a crash in Greene County Saturday morning.

According to the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the crash at around 8:45 a.m. at US 65 and Evans Road.

Deputies said they were requested to assist the Christian County Sheriff’s Office with the pursuit of a wanted person who entered Greene County jurisdiction.

Christian County deputies said that the suspect’s vehicle had driven off the road, crashed, overturned, and began to catch fire.

While giving orders to the suspect driver, a single gunshot was heard from the overturned vehicle. The suspect driver failed to comply with orders, so Christian County deputies and a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper extracted them from the vehicle. The driver

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