Utah man charged with fleeing police at after domestic violence incident with gun (Video: Ed Kopowski)
Charging documents say 36-year-old Steven Michael Moelter brandished a handgun during a verbal altercation, then said he wanted and planned to take his own life. While still holding the gun, Moelter pushed a child down a set of stairs three times, police say.
Police say Moelter led them on a pursuit through Roy, West Haven and Ogden. He went on I-15, where police said he was driving over 100 miles per hour and recklessly weaving between other cars on the freeway. Roy Police terminated the pursuit, then a Utah Highway Patrol trooper later spotted Moelter's truck and pulled him over successfully.
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