Hours-long standoff comes to end as pursuit suspect is taken into custody
A suspect is in custody after leading officers on a wild pursuit and hours-long standoff at rail yard in Boyle Heights.
LOS ANGELES – A suspect is in custody after leading officers on a wild pursuit and hours-long standoff at a rail yard in Boyle Heights.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department units began pursuing the vehicle around 2:10 p.m. on the northbound 5 freeway near the 605 freeway in the Downey area.
The suspect, believed to be in a stolen vehicle, led officers through parts of Santa Fe Springs, Montebello, East LA and South Gate.
He eventually exited the freeway and drove on surface streets.
The driver of that black SUV eventually crashed through a fence in the area of Noakes Street and South Hicks Avenue and drove on train tracks until the vehicle became disabled. The front passenger side tire became dislodged in the area of Noakes and Calzona streets in Boyle Heights.
‘Real life GTA’: Driver plows through fence, drives recklessly along train tracks
SkyFOX was over a bizarre chase where the suspect plowed through a fence, driving along the train tracks, ditching the SUV they were accused of stealing and then trying to hop on an incoming train. The wild sequence of events drew Grand Theft Auto video game comparisons on social media. MORE: https://bit.ly/3Egw4IR
Suspect ditches SUV after going on wild ride, leading LASD on chase
The suspect lost control of the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot.
SkyFOX spotted the suspect running across multiple tracks attempting to evade officers. It appears he briefly considered jumping on a moving a train.
He then went back inside the vehicle triggering a standoff. LASD deputies were staged near the truck with guns drawn.
LASD called on its Special Enforcement Bureau to help the deputies already at the scene in the lengthy standoff between authorities and the pursuit suspect.
The suspect blocked the windows of the vehicle by adding car shades to the dashboard and cardboard to the side windows. Around 5:30 p.m. a military style vehicle slowly started approaching the suspect’s SUV. Within 10 minutes or so the suspect exited from the vehicle, without a shirt, and surrendered to authorities.
He was taken into custody. The suspect was armed with a handgun.
On social media, the bizarre chase-turned-standoff drew comparisons to the popular video game series, Grand Theft Auto, between FOX 11 viewers in the comment section.
“Real life GTA,” commented one viewer on social media.
“It’s like GTA in LA [every day],” said another on social media. “Sheeesh.”
‘Real life GTA’: Driver plows through fence, drives recklessly along train tracks
SkyFOX was over a bizarre chase where the suspect plowed through a fence, driving along the train tracks, ditching the SUV they were accused of stealing and then trying to hop on an incoming train. The wild sequence of events drew Grand Theft Auto video game comparisons on social media. MORE: https://bit.ly/3Egw4IR
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