One of two driving under the influence suspects is still on the run Friday morning in the vicinity of a 20-story apartment building in Koreatown after leading police on a chase that began in East Hollywood.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Northeast Division responded at 12:18 a.m. Friday to reports of a suspect in a light-colored truck driving under the influence at Normandie Avenue and Beverly Boulevard. Friday. The officers began a pursuit that traversed Koreatown and ended at the Ambassador Towers on the 600 block of Irolo Street near Wilshire Boulevard, LAPD Officer Kevin Terzes told City News Service.
A man and a woman abandoned the truck at the hotel at 12:25 a.m. and fled on foot, police said. Officers established a perimeter around the hotel and began a search for the suspects.
KTLA 5 reported one of the suspects pulled a fire alarm inside the building. Video footage from the scene showed some of the building’s residents standing in the hallways and milling about outside.
NBC 4 reported one of the suspects had been taken into custody, with the second suspect still at large.