//@ Fort Worth police engaged in a lengthy 3 hour slow-speed chase Wednesday afternoon. That chase ended when a Fort Worth SWAT vehicle sideswiped the suspect's car in Arlington at 3:58 p.m. The chase, which apparently began with a drug bust that went bad, weaved in and around Fort Worth and Arlington, along east and westbound Interstate-30, onto side streets, through Lincoln Square, medians and parking lots. When the pursuit started early Wednesday afternoon there was an unidentified woman in the car with Gonzales.//At some point during the chase she was either pushed or jumped out of the vehicle. The woman’s condition isn’t known./ The suspect was identified by police as 42-year-old Joe Gonzales. Sources told News 8 he is a known drug dealer who has spent extended time in prison. The suspect was traveling at extremely slow speeds for a majority of the chase, sometimes stopping and starting again. The danger increased just before 4 p.m. when Gonzales went the wrong way down an exit ramp. A Fort Worth police source confirmed to NBC 5 that Gonzales had two-pounds of drugs on him when a narcotics officer attempted to pull him over Wednesday afternoon. The source could not confirm what type of drug it was NBC5 Dallas - Fort Worth SWAT Officer Dennis Alice who was driving the armored vehicle has been removed from the SWAT team after he performed a unauthorized PIT maneuver on the suspects vehicle. A second SWAT officer, Brian Gentry, was removed from active duty and stripped of his gun and badge while the police department investigates whether he used excessive force against driver being pursued. *Update* June 05, 2015 - Fort Worth police officer Brian Gentry will return to the SWAT team Monday June 08, 2015 after chase investigation.//
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