Three Rome teens are facing charges following a police chase in which a shot was fired in West Rome last Saturday.

According to Floyd County Jail records and arrest warrants – 18-year-old Diego Escutia-Cruz jumped from the back, into the front seat, of a vehicle – and drove off without permission.  He then fled at a high rate of speed, reaching speeds of 99 miles per hour in a 40-mile-per-hour zone; the vehicle struck a fence in the 900 block of Burnett Ferry Road and Escutia-Cruz, and two passengers, both 17 – fled on foot, all running the same direction.

As they were fleeing, one of the teens fired a gun.

All three are charged with Aggravated Assault on a Police Officer.  Escutia-Cruz is additionally charged with Fleeing or Attempting to Elude, Felony Obstruction, Hit and Run, Theft by Taking Motor Vehicle, Driving While Unlicensed, Reckless Driving, Running a Stop Sign, Driving on the Wrong Side of the road, Speeding, Passing in a No Passing Zone, and also Criminal Trespass with Damage to Property.

(WRGA News in Rome, Georgia)