Ohio’s Attorney General says Cleveland’s police department suffered “systemic failure” in the high-speed chase and deadly shooting of two people on Nov. 29.

Mike DeWine outlined the results of the investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation at a press conference in Richfield this morning. He says police disregarded policies when more than 60 of them pursued Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell for 22 minutes from downtown Cleveland to East Cleveland before shooting them to death after they hit a dead-end street.

Dewine says 59 of the 62 officers who joined the chase never asked permission.

"We have violations all over the place, a lack of command and control," DeWine said.

He maintained that the number of cruisers involved contributed to the confusion, and said, “It's a miracle officers weren't killed."

The chase began when an officer downtown reported he’d heard shots apparently coming from Russell’s car. But Dewine says his investigators found no sign of a weapon when they searched the vehicle, the route of the chase and even used a metal detector to search storm sewers.

Gunshot residue on the victims likely came from the more than 130 bullets police fired at the couple, he said.

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has called a press conference for 1 p.m. to respond to the Attorney General’s report.