Body camera video shows how 12-year-old's 90-mile joyride to Clare County ended in arrest

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It was a 911 call that you don't hear too often.

A twelve-year-old stealing his dad's SUV, and it wasn't clear where he might be driving.

Inside the vehicle, a shotgun, which heightened law enforcement's concern.

The twelve-year-old drove more than 90 miles.

He left Grand Traverse County around 2:30 Sunday morning and about two hours later, the youngster was pulled over in Clare County.

We have the police body camera video of how this joyride came to a peaceful end.

"Looking for a dark red, 2000 Chevy Blazer, vehicle was taken from a home by a 12-year-old male," a Grand Traverse County 911 dispatcher broadcasts.

That be-on-the-lookout call went out early Sunday morning, as that SUV was on the road, having left Grand Traverse County with a 12-year-old behind the wheel.

Clare County Sheriff John Wilson says there have been reports about underaged drivers before.

"Maybe somebody driving a block or something just to try to drive, but not to leave Traverse City and drive that far away from home," he says.

Clare County to be exact, about 90 miles away. The vehicle's progress was being tracked, and a deputy on U.S. 127 near U.S. 10 made the traffic stop.

"Keep going, step to your right, keep your hands up, get on your knees, get on your knees right now, don't move, put your hand up behind your head," the deputy tells the pre-teen.

"What's goin on today? Why did you take your parents' car," he asks.

The 12-year-old boy appears to say he took the car because there is a lot going on.

"We kind of learned later that he might have been heading out of state, like Ohio or somewhere," says Wilson.

The deputy turned off the ignition of the SUV and searched the vehicle.

"We got a 12-gauge in the back, some weed," the deputy says.

There was no evidence either had been used during the 12-year-old's journey, but Wilson says there are questions that will have to be answered.

"How he did get the gun, how he had access to it, because under Michigan law you have to have them locked up,' the sheriff says.

The boy was turned over to his father and the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's office will submit joyriding and driving without a license charge, both misdemeanors.

Wilson credits his deputy with bringing the scary situation to a peaceful ending.

The sheriff confirms the juvenile will most likely face charges in Clare County as well.