One man has been arrested following a carjacking, robbery and short pursuit with police overnight in Colorado Springs. 

Police said at roughly 1 a.m. Friday morning, officers received reports of an active robbery and carjacking at a gas station along the 2400 block of Arlington Drive. 

According to officials, officers identified the suspect driving the stolen 2006 Honda Pilot.

“After exiting at Voyager (Parkway), the (suspect) vehicle ran a red light and officers initiated a pursuit,” police wrote in an online blotter entry. 

Police were able to stop and apprehend the suspect utilizing a low-speed maneuver. Neither police or the suspect were injured. 

The suspect was later identified as 23-year-old Dexter Jackson who has been booked in the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center, facing charges of aggravated robbery, motor vehicle theft, vehicular eluding and menacing. 

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