A pair of armed suspects led LA cops on a wild freeway chase on stay TV over the weekend, carjacking a number of automobiles — together with a big-rig tanker — earlier than escaping.
One of many suspects reportedly fired gunshots at California Freeway Patrol officers early on within the weird, hour-long pursuit as they fled on the improper aspect of the freeway, in response to ABC 7 Information.
The damaging drama began round 10:40 p.m. Sunday within the San Fernando Valley when Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies noticed a darkish pickup truck that had been stolen at gunpoint. The 2 suspects within the truck began pinning in different automobiles and tried unsuccessfully to hijack two of them.
They finally cornered an enormous semi-truck tanker on the 5 Freeway close to Sylmar and stole it after its panicked driver ran out, heading towards downtown Los Angeles and dangerously circling high-rises on pedestrian-heavy streets for a while, Fox LA reported.
Business truck drivers watching the chase on TV known as in to ABC 7 and mentioned the truck didn’t look like carrying any hazardous materials and that it might need been a milk truck.
The suspects finally ditched the large rig downtown and carjacked a white pickup truck because the LAPD issued a warning to the general public that the suspects ought to be thought-about “armed and harmful.”
The chase continued at a lot increased speeds at this level, with the suspects driving the improper manner on Interstate 10, in response to Fox. The 2 briefly stopped in LA’s Boyle Heights neighborhood and switched seats.
Then after one other jiffy driving, they jumped out of the white pickup and carjacked one other automobile, a black sedan, and police misplaced monitor of them in Lincoln Heights, NBC LA reported.
No arrests have been made as of Monday morning.
The LAPD, CHP and LASD didn’t instantly return Publish requests for remark.
