This footage shows Florida deputies entering a wild pursuit with an armed 72-year-old suspect wanted by police for aggravated assault.

The suspect, Patrick Schroeder, who was armed with an AR-style firearm, was driving erratically, running red lights, and swerving toward patrol vehicles attempting to evade deputies.

Aerial footage obtained by Newsflash from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) shows the wild chase taking place across an interstate highway.

Deputies observed Schroeder grabbing an item from the floorboard, and knowing there was a firearm in the car, deputies conducted a tactical vehicle intercept manoeuvre.

The vehicle soon came to a stop and Schroeder was taken into custody.

Deputies located the AR-style rifle, with a metal magazine in the well, between the passenger seat and the centre console.

Schroeder was arrested for two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on LE, fleeing to elude LE, and resisting an officer.

LCSO Sheriff Carmine Marceno said: “We train together, respond together, and make Lee County a safer place for our great residents. I am beyond proud of our collaboration with surrounding agencies to take this dangerous suspect into custody.

“I had the opportunity to watch this scene unfold from the sky in the chopper, and I reiterate, my LCSO family members are the greatest. If you choose to run from us, we will come after you with all of our assets.”