A man wanted for assaulting a Los Angeles Police Department officer led police on a pursuit along surface streets in the southern part of Los Angeles Saturday evening before officers used a Precision Immobilization Technique to stop him.
The pursuit began about 9:10 p.m. Saturday, according to an LAPD spokeswoman who was not certain exactly where or how it began.
KCAL was overhead when officers closed in on the truck at 58th Place and Central Avenue he was shown backing the truck into patrol vehicles, which in itself is considered assault on a police officer, the spokeswoman said.
An officer attempted a PIT maneuver on Central Avenue but the truck did not spin around and the driver briefly hit speeds into the 70 mph range to get away.
Finally, a PIT maneuver at Alameda and 16th streets spun the truck around so that it could be surrounded by patrol vehicles and the man in a tank top and baggy shorts was taken into custody.