Suspect Arrested at South Tyler Hotel Identified

TYLER – Two people thought to have been involved in a high speed chase in Smith County are in custody after police surrounded the South Tyler Residence Inn. Authorities received a tip that the car involved in the chase northwest of Tyler Monday night was in the hotel parking lot. During the chase, shots were fired at pursuing sheriff’s deputies, but no one was injured. At the hotel, officers took a man and a woman into custody. The two were taken to the sheriff’s department for questioning. The man has been identified as Jeremy Robinson, 31, Hutchins. He’s charged with aggravated assault on a public servant with bond set at $2,000,000. The woman has not been identified. Officers searched two vehicles at the hotel, one thought to be the car involved in the chase. In one vehicle they found assault weapons and meth.