BLUFFTON, Ohio — The Ohio State Highway Patrol released the names of the three individuals they said were involved in Thursday’s police chase that resulted in the death of a Bluffton police officer.

Emin Johnson, 20, Zachary Love, 21,and Dante Tate, 19 were arrested following Thursday’s incident, according to a release issued by the OSHP.

The three are accused of being inside a car that struck Officer Dominic Francis of the Bluffton Police Department. 

Authorities said Francis was laying spike strips when he was struck by a car being chased by police. 

The Ohio State Highway Patrol did not say if charges have been filed.