Mobile Traffic Stop Leads To Chase And Swim

It started with a traffic stop and ended with a chase, two women hurt, a swim, and an arrest in midtown Mobile.
And, you may have hard time believing how the whole thing started.
Mobile Police said Carlis Howard was arrested on a number of charges after a car chase Friday afternoon that started at Dauphin and Florida Streets.
They said Howard was, according to Police Chief Lester Hargrove, "stopped by traffic officers for a tinted window violation."
Police said Howard then led them down Mobile Street in the wrong direction near Fillingim Street and hit another car with two women inside.
Hargrove said, "Their condition is not life-threatening. It was two females: a mother and her daughter."
Police said Howard then got out of the car, ran off, and, according to Hargrove, "he jumped over into Three Mile Creek and started to swim. He swam across the creek and into another person's yard where we captured him."
Why did police continue the chase?
Corporal Charles Bagsby with the Mobile Police Department said, "Once that individual flees, and jeopardizes the public safety, we attempt to make it a priority of stopping the individual from hurting and causing any other safety issues with the immediate public."
Howard said one thing before going to jail.
He said, "The police beat me up."
Bagsby said, "We did not cause any injuries to this individual."
Police said Howard faces a number of charges.
They said he had a loaded gun and marijuana in his car.
Police also said an arrest warrant had been issued for Howard for property theft.