A Greenville, South Carolina, man took authorities on a high speed chase Monday after attempting to rob three businesses at gunpoint. Each agency in the county became involved in the chase that reached speeds of at least 105 miles per hour, beginning in Waynesville and ending in a crash in downtown Canton.

Around noon, Rowland Fuller, 27, first attempted to rob Taco Bell in Clyde by driving to the window at the drive through and pointing a rifle at the clerk. The employee immediately closed the window and retreated to another part of the restaurant, at which point Fuller drove away, said Det. James Marsh with the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office. Employees at the restaurant, however, did not call authorities right away.

Minutes later he also attempted to rob McDonald’s on Russ Avenue in the ...