Woman assaulted, carjacked while putting air in tire at Belton gas station.

BELTON, S.C. —

A woman was assaulted and carjacked while putting air in her tire, according to the Belton police chief.

The suspect in the case then led authorities on a chase and hit two other vehicles, according the Belton police chief.

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The 58-year-old woman was assaulted about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Shell Station on the South Main Street, Belton police Chief Robert Young said.

He said the suspect left the gas station in the woman's vehicle. The woman called 911, and authorities were able to identify the suspect as 39-year-old Jerry Wayne Howell.

Anderson County Detention Center

Jerry Wayne Howell

The officers found Howell near his girlfriend’s home in Belton and tried to stop him, Young said.

A chase began when Howell refused to stop an officer, Young said.

He said Howell ran through a stop sign at Highway 247 and Highway 25, where he hit two passing vehicles.

Howell then ran away but was taken into custody by Belton officers with help from the Greenville County Sheriff’s Department.

Neither of the motorists that Howell hit were injured, Young said.

Howell was treated for non-life threatening injuries at the hospital in Anderson and then taken to the Anderson County Detention Center.

Young said Howell was out on bond for burglary and failure to stop from an incident last month in Belton.

He is now faces the following charges of grand larceny, assault and battery, failure to stop and resisting arrest.