IMMEDIATE RELEASESheriff Brian Hawthorne reports, on Saturday, July 31st, 2021, a Chambers County Sheriff’s Office Deputy made a traffic stop on a black Ford Fusion with out of state plates for multiple traffic violations on IH-10, West bound near mile marker 813. The vehicle was driving erratically and it was later learned that it was possibly involved in an earlier hit and run accident. The driver was identified as black male, Jordan McCormick, from Akron, OH. During a records check, McCormick was found to be a convicted felon. A search of the vehicle revealed that there was a handgun inside. When the Deputy went to arrest McCormick, he was able to get him placed in handcuffs but McCormick broke free and began evading on foot away from the Deputy. The Deputy called for assistance and began chasing the subject on foot. At one point, McCormick ran into a wooded area and was able to slip the handcuffs in front of his body. McCormick was able to make it back to his vehicle, with the handgun still inside, and drove away from the scene while still handcuffed. Chambers County Deputies, DPS, and Texas Game Wardens joined in pursuit of the vehicle which lasted several minutes. The vehicle fled south on Texas Hwy 61 to Barrow White Road and turned towards a dead end. At the dead end of the road, McCormick turned his vehicle around and began driving erratically back towards approaching Deputies, Troopers and Game Wardens. A Deputy on scene perceived he was in danger and discharged his weapon at McCormick’s vehicle as it approached him. McCormick continued to flee but shortly later ran his vehicle off the road into a barbed wired fence. McCormick exited his vehicle with a handgun and when Deputies approached, he placed the gun to his head. McCormick again evaded on foot while Deputies, Troopers and Game Wardens followed and contained him in a large pasture. A negotiation process began between law enforcement and McCormick. McCormick eventually laid the weapon down and surrendered to nearby Deputies and Game Wardens. McCormick was taken into custody uninjured. Sheriff Hawthorne would like to thank all of our law enforcement partners here in Chambers County that helped bring this stressful situation to a peaceful end.
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