Police release video of arrest of Wynter Cole-Smith kidnapping suspect Rashad Trice

A high-speed chase before dawn. A head-on crash into a police vehicle. Officers yelling at a bloodied, injured suspect to get out of the car before one used a stun gun to subdue him.

Macomb County has released selected tapes of the apprehension of kidnapping suspect Rashad Trice captured by body cameras worn by police officers at the scene. Two video clips were provided to the Detroit Free Press after a Freedom of Information Act request.

Trice, 26, now faces more than a dozen charges in state courts in Ingham and Macomb counties in connection with the death of 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith and the assault of her mother, Symari Cole, who was his ex-girlfriend. Trice also faces federal charges of kidnapping resulting in death in connection with the disappearance of Wynter.

On the video, after Trice was subdued by a stun gun, pulled out of the car and handcuffed, officers searched the back seat and the trunk of the car he was driving. “The girl kept the baby, not me," Trice says. "I took off. Don’t have the baby. She’s in Lansing with her mom.”

On Thursday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said her office will consolidate and take over the state cases while deciding whether to add murder charges against Trice, who has a long criminal record and is being held without bond in Ingham County.

Authorities say Trice assaulted and stabbed his former girlfriend on July 3, kidnapped her daughter, Wynter, from their Lansing apartment and then stole her mother’s car to flee. Police say he then killed the toddler and left her tiny body in an alley on Detroit's east side just east of Van Dyke and a half mile north of Interstate 94. On July 5, Wynter's body was discovered by the FBI, ending a search involving multiple law enforcement agencies from Lansing to Detroit.

According to police reports, hours after Lansing police sent out an Amber Alert for Wynter at 2:41 a.m. July 3, saying they believed her to be with Trice and in danger, two St. Clair Shores police officers spotted a car matching the description — a white Chevrolet Impala — and followed it as Trice accelerated. The officers turned on their emergency lights after Trice sped up and began to flee. Police confirmed the vehicle's license plate matched the plate Lansing police were seeking.

"The pursuit continued n/b on Harper at speeds well over 100mph in a posted 40mph zone," one officer on the scene wrote in the reports. "The vehicle drove through a red light at n/b Harper and 11 Mile Road without stopping."

One St. Clair Shores officer who arrived at the scene wrote that he narrowly avoided a collision with Trice, who a short time later drove head-on into that officer's patrol vehicle that was traveling 35-40 mph, according to the reports.

"I observed the Impala veer toward Officer Ealy's patrol vehicle again, causing a head-on collision with Officer Ealy who was traveling n/b," the officer wrote. "The Impala and patrol vehicle 602 both became disabled with heavy damage (airbags deployed on both vehicles) at that time. Eastpoint PD Officers arrived on scene at that time to assist."

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Trice, the only occupant in the vehicle, refused to exit the car, despite police demands, the officer wrote. An Eastpointe police officer broke the driver's-side window.

"I then observed the driver reach out of the window and grab ahold of Officer Ballard's pistol," the officer wrote. "Officer Ballard was able to pull his pistol free from the driver's grip. I observed the driver attempt to grab Officer Ballard's pistol two more times before Officer Ealy deployed his (Taser), successfully striking the driver."

Ealy stunned Trice again as he refused to leave the car, the officer wrote.

"Upon painting the suspect with the (Taser), he proceeded to reach out and attempt to grab it from my hand," Ealy wrote. "As a result of the suspects actions, I deployed the (Taser), effectively making contact with his person. Following the first deployment, the suspect was ordered to exit the vehicle. Instead, the suspect continue to fight back against officer attempting to remove him from the driver side of the vehicle, resulting in a second deployment."

St. Clair Shores and Eastpointe police officers removed Trice from the car. Trice had a cut on his forehead and injuries to his chest and hip area, the officer wrote. Two officers at the scene were also injured, reports said.

Contact Matthew Dolan: 313-223-4743 or msdolan@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter at @matthewsdolan

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