Dylan Dougherty Stanley

Three siblings sought for firing 20 bullets at a Florida police officer and robbing a bank in Valdosta, Ga., were captured in a car chase and shootout in Colorado today, ending a cross-country manhunt.

Authorities at the scene said the fugitives’ car crashed during pursuit at speeds beyond 100 mph by the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office and the Colorado State Police outside Walsenberg, Colo., home of the assassin of the 19th century outlaw Jesse James.

“We had a short, high-speed chase,” said Sheriff Kirk Taylor. “The car subsequently crashed. All three are in custody.”

Dubbed the “Dougherty Gang,” the siblings had been sought since Aug. 2 when authorities say they fired a score of shots at a Zephyrhills, Fla., police officer during a chase, blowing out his left front tire, and then brazenly robbed a Valdosta, Ga., bank around noontime.

They were identified by authorities as Lee Grace Dougherty, 29; her brother Ryan Dougherty, 21, and her half-brother Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26. All were residents of Florida.

The chase, crash and shootout occurred between 11:30 a.m. and noon EDT.

Authorities said the interstate highway chase lasted about 20 miles, ending when the fugitives’ car crashed into a guardrail and flipped over after troopers set tire-puncturing stop-sticks on the roadway.

They said Lee Grace Dougherty got out of the car and began shooting at her police pursuers. She was shot in the leg by a deputy sheriff but her injury was not considered life-threatening, authorities said.

One of her brothers was also captured outside the car but the second one fled on foot and was captured a half-hour later at a nearby hotel, authorities added.

All three were taken to a hospital in Walsenberg for treatment. Authorities said they would be booked later into the Pueblo, Colo., County Jail.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I’m proud to say we won,” said Pasco County, Fla., Sheriff Chris Nocco at a news conference following the capture. “We continuously said that if these three fugitives wanted a battle with law enforcement, we would win that battle. And that’s what happened today.”

Nocco called the siblings “very, very dangerous people” with an “arsenal they were not afraid to use.”

Federal warrants were issued for their arrest shortly after three masked robbers — a woman and two men — held up the Certus Bank in Valdosta. Police said they brandished an AK-47 assault rifle and an automatic handgun, firing shots into the bank’s ceiling and grabbing an undisclosed amount of money.

The trio’s mother had pleaded with them to surrender peacefully but authorities feared a shootout when Ryan Dougherty replied to his mother with a mobile text that said, “At some point … we all have to die.”

Billboards with their pictures and the 2006 white Subaru Impreza they were believed driving were posted on highways across the South. Newspapers, websites and television networks also posted the photos.

But they were not spotted until Tuesday afternoon in Colorado Springs, Colo., where they paid cash for a tent at an REI store. A tipster notified police.

They also reportedly tried to buy ammunition for an AK-47 rifle at a Walmart in the area, authorities said.

The scene of the chase, crash and capture is 40 miles south of Colorado Springs and 100 miles south of Denver, the Colorado capital. Authorities said their car bore stolen Texas license plates.

The Doughertys may have been heading for Lathrop State Park, which is located just outside Walsenberg.

Walsenberg is also the home of Robert Ford, who killed Jesse James on April 3, 1882, in St. Joseph, Mo. Ford operated a combination saloon and gambling house in Walsenburg, and hob-nobbed with James and his gang. That resulted in Ford being convicted, along with his brother Charley, of first-degree murder in James’ death. They were sentenced to death by hanging but pardoned by the governor of Missouri when it was determined they had cause to shoot and kill the infamous outlaw.