Three men were arrested after they allegedly led Lawrence police on a car chase early Thursday morning.

The chase ended on a dead-end street, at which point the three fled on foot, said Sgt. Trent McKinley, Lawrence Police Department spokesman.

The hunt for the suspects included several officers and the Kansas Highway Patrol helicopter.

The chase began at 1:11 a.m., when an officer tried unsuccessfully to stop a vehicle near Ninth Street and Emery Road, McKinley said.

The driver continued south on Emery Road, driving at slow speeds and then accelerated when the vehicle crossed the Kansas University campus and turned on Lilac Road, which is a dead-end.

The occupants of the vehicle jumped out and ran, McKinley said.

The officer conducting the pursuit arrested one of the suspects after he was found hiding in the backyard of a nearby residence, McKinley said.

Several minutes later, officers found another suspect on foot near 17th and Louisiana streets.

That suspect, who had cuts on his head and hands, “was uncooperative and provided officers a false name,” McKinley said.

Officers were able to determine his identity and learned he had a warrant for his arrest. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of obstruction and on the outstanding warrant.

About an hour later the third suspect was found walking near 14th and Ohio streets. That suspect was the owner of the vehicle used to flee police, McKinley said.

All three men were booked into the Douglas County jail on a number of charges, McKinley said. They were released later Thursday on bonds of $750 to $1,000.

The suspects are Zederick Lemont Hargraves, 28, of Shawnee; Leo Joseph Johnston, 32, of Lawrence; and Larry Raymound Evans, 30, of Kansas City, Kan.