Officers claim a vehicle had failed to stop, until eventually the driver and passenger "attempted to escape on foot". The incident came to an end in Cowley Road at about 6.30pm on Thursday, October 2 following a "brief chase". Commenting on Friday, a Thames Valley Police spokesman said: “Officers responded to an incident on Cowley Road at approximately 6.30pm yesterday evening. “A second person was arrested on suspicion of driving offences, drug-related offences, assaulting a police officer, and was also wanted on recall to prison. The incident is a separate one to the armed police response later that evening off Cowley Road in Manzil Way, where several officers appeared to make arrests and a helicopter was sent up.