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Chase. matt is live in eagle pass, texas with more. and you know, it seems like every day or every week we see these jaw-dropping pursuits along the border. >> yeah, anita, sometimes they end up in horrific crashes or mass casualties, that did not happen in this case. a texas d.p.s. trooper lays down strike strips and then jumped to save his own life. >> he just tried to run over the trooper. >> silver passenger car will be westbound on 80. >> a texas d.p.s. trooper, the chase reaches 120 miles per hour. another trooper on the ground throws down the spike strips and then the driver of the silv...

Happened. ramirez was racing from police on the morning of on the morning of september 24th with a kidnapping victim on his front seat. police stopped him with strike strips. you see him make a run for it, while firing at officers from a gun in his right hand. >> shots fired. i got you, i got you. get down, get down. >> reporter: in the video they even circle the muzzle flashes, so there's no confusion about what's happening next. the police fire back and find him dead in the woods. back inside the car -- they rescue a very frightened victim. it's not clear tonight if ramirez was killed by an ...

Back towards, towards town into a busier, more populated area. seems to have a preference for being on freeways at this point as opposed to surface streets. >> yeah. and continuing on highway 80 west at this point and, i believe, approaching 635, the interchange this as well. >> so headed back towards -- >> yeah. he's still. megyn: as we listen to our local coverage, we want to bring in rod wheeler who's been watching this. rod, what do they need to throw down the strike strips or do something to stop the car? >> that is exactly what they want to do, but it's very difficult. these are some of ...