ST. LOUIS — One minute Ruby Keethler says she was sitting on her porch, but then out of the blue, she couldn't believe what happened next.
"The police were out here flying up and down the street," said Keethler.
She saw St. Louis County and City police officers descend on her neighborhood.
"My husband came outside and he heard gunshots," said Keethler.
Investigators say around 5 Monday afternoon County police were tracking a stolen 2014, white Audi Q5.
"Believed to be used in several car break-ins and business burglaries in St. Louis County," said Lt. Col. Eric Larson with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
Investigators say initially the driver wouldn't stop.
"The vehicle fled. They initiated a pursuit. The vehicle was spiked and stopped at the location," said Larson.
That location was in a neighbor's yard on the side of their home near Acme and Lena Avenues.
Police say during the pursuit at least a St. Louis County police officer and two 16-year-olds exchanged gunshots.
Officers quickly arrested one of the boys at the scene.
They caught the other teen a few blocks away on the city's northside.
"No officers, no individuals were injured," said Larson.
"I'm glad they're not hurt, but to tell you the truth so much is going on with these kids. It's just ridiculous," said Ruby Keethler, who lives on the Jennings side of Acme Avenue.
Both teens were taken to a Juvenile Detention Center.
"I'm stunned by it and I think that those are violent offenses and those individuals need to be confined," said longtime, St. Louis, Criminal Defense Attorney Jerryl Christmas.
Christmas represents minors and adults.
"You have to take them off the streets because you have to sit them down for a minute, make them understand the serious nature of the crime and then we have to start figuring out what we need to do to work with them in order to make them better citizens. I just think as a community, we must do more," said Christmas.
"The Juvenile Division's many intensive programs are designed to enhance community safety, provide youth with counseling and/or treatment as needed, encourage personal development and acceptability and help strengthen families in our community," Joel Currier, a spokesman for the 22nd Judicial Court, said.
Police also said they recovered several guns after arresting the teenagers.