A motorist led officers on a dangerous 45-minute chase on freeways and local roads Tuesday before coming to a stop in South San Gabriel.
The California Highway Patrol was asked by Santa Monica police at 7:17 a.m. Tuesday to stop a black Range Rover whose driver was allegedly involved in an attempted homicide two nights ago, an officer in the CHP’s Los Angeles Traffic Management Center told City News Service.
The chase started on the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway just south of the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in the Pacoima area and proceeded to central Los Angeles and onto the Hollywood (101) Freeway and city streets, the officer said.
The SUV reached speeds topping 100 mph and at times weaved into opposing lanes, narrowly missing collisions, according to overhead coverage that showed the suspect racing down Vermont Avenue and onto the eastbound Santa Monica (10) Freeway.
The driver exited the freeway and the chase ended shortly before 8 a.m., when an officer pushed a cruiser into the SUV and the suspect surrendered in the area of San Gabriel Boulevard and Hill Drive.
Details about the case in which the driver is a suspect were not immediately available, and it was not clear if the suspect was wanted in connection with the shooting death of a man near the Santa Monica Pier early Monday morning.