Semi driver dead after chase with Livingston County deputies

AUTHORITIES AREINVESTIGATING ADEADLY SHOOTOUTBETWEEN LIVINGSTONCOUNTY SHERIFF'SDEPUTIES... AND ATRACTOR TRAILERDRIVER.A POLICE CHASESTARTED LAST NIGHTIN THE TOWN OFLEROY... AND ENDEDMORE THAN AN HOURLATER IN GENESEO.7 EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER HANNAHBUEHLER IS ON THECASE.NATS: SHOT BOOMBOOM BOOMNATS: SHOTS FIREDTHIS CELL PHONEVIDEO SHOWS THEMOMENT LIVINGSTONCOUNTY SHERIFF'SALONG WITHPARTNERS IN LAWENFORCEMENTWERE ABLE TO SHOOTATAND STOP ATRACTOR TRAILEROPERATOR ON I-390..WHO ERRATICALLYLED LAWENFORCEMENT ON AMULTI-TOWN AND CITYHIGH SPEED CHASEFOR ROUGHLY 80MINUTESSOT:POLICE SAY IT WASAROUND 8:30WEDNESDAY NIGHTWHEN LEROY POLICESTOPPED THETRACTOR TRAILER ONWEST MAIN STREETFOR SPEEDINGSOIT WAS THEN THEOPERATOR WHOPOLICE HAVEIDENTIFIED AS 58-YEAR-OLD JOSHUABLESSED ALSOKNOWN AS JOSHUAJOUREV BEGANDRIVINGERRATICALLYSTARTING IN LEROYTOBATAVIAMAKING AU-TURN AND MULTIPLEOTHER U-TURNS ANDDETOURS TO AVOIDPOLICE.

POLICE SAYBLESSED WAS FROMHARRISONBURGVIRGINA ANDAPPEARED TO BE ONHIS WAY TO BATAVIA TOPICK UP DAIRYPRODUCTS.SOT:DURING THEDANGEROUSPURSUITOFFICERSSAY THE OPERATORSHOT AT THEMMULTIPLE TIMES..ANDTHERE WERE A LOT OFCLOSE CALLS THISVIDEO SHOWS THEAFTERMATHTHEBULLET HOLES FIREDBY BLESSED WHICHHIT LAWENFORCEMENTPATROL CARS..SOT: I WAS ON MY WAYTO WORK AND I GOT ATEXT FROM MYHUSBAND SAYING HEYTHERE'S A SEMI IN AHIGH SPEED CHASECECILIA WATTERS WILLREMEMBER THISDRIVE TO WORK LIKENO OTHER..SOT: HE SAID HE'SGOT A GUN HE'SSHOOTING AT THEPOLICESHE SAYS SHE PUTHER CAR IN DRIVE ANDWAITEDTRYING TO STAY OUTOF THE WAY WHENTHE TRACTOR TRAILEROPERATORAPPROACHED HER..SOT: HE LOOKED ATMEJERKED HIS WHEELTOWARD MEAND THEN HE DECIDEDTO GO THE OTHERWAYA CLOSE CALLSOT: HE ALREADYSHOT AT THE COPSWHY WOULDN'T HESHOOT AT MEPOLICE EVENTUALLYSHOT AND KILLEDBLESSEDWHICHENDED THEPURSUIT..NO OFFICERS ORPEOPLE WERE HURTDURING THIS PURSUIT.STANDUP: POLICE SAYTHEY'RE STILLCOMBING THROUGHEVIDENCEAT THIS POINT THEREIS NO MOTIVE AS TOWHY BLESSEDENTERED THIS CHASEOR SHOT AT POLICE..POLICE ARE SIFTINGTHROUGH HIS SOCIALMEDIA PAGES..AS FOR WHAT WAS INTHE TRUCK POLICEAREAS FOR WHAT WAS INTHE TRUCK POLICESAY THAT IS PART OFTHE ON-GOINGINVESTIGATION.HB7EW