FULL CHASE: Sparks fly as LAPD chases GTA suspect driving on shredded tires

He then bails out and the car continues, two

suspect

s jump out of the car and now the continuation of this

chase

on Hoover Street near Bonnie Bray LAPD turns right with this vehicle apparently a stolen vehicle from the LAPD Southwestern Division

driving

across its path. path through downtown and now heading back onto the 10 Freeway southbound toward Alvarado from Hoover Street returning under the 10 Freeway here past West Lake Avenue northbound Alvarado northbound Alvarado northbound toward the lanes of approaching traffic a dark colored vehicle apparently a stolen car flying past At these high speed intersections, several officers follow at about 60 miles per hour across surface streets here trying to establish a spike strip if the opportunity, but this person is now deviating from the circle he was doing. in the Pico Union area now heading to 11th from Olympic and continuing through these residential neighborhoods here at least the driver still in the car we saw two people jump out of the vehicle again LAPD weaving through this part of the city making their way back to Olympic Boulevard back to downtown Los Angeles heading east Olympic heading east Olympic LAPD with his son Knight behind him trying to keep up here with at least three or four units right behind him trying to keep up at 60 miles per hour as we make our much closer to downtown Los Angeles, we're just west of the 110 freeway, turning right heading south back to Blaine, another right turn here.

LAPD tries to set up a perimeter as they try to flood the area with as many units as possible here. the Rampart District again, it all started in the Southwest Division, just south of downtown Los Angeles, was running through the business district and neighborhoods surrounding the 10 and 110 freeways, now heading back south toward the 10 freeway, reaching Pico Boulevard, turn right on Pico, turn right on Pico and now head south off Pico toward Valencia Street. LAPD is doing a great job trying to stay behind him. Let's go ahead and count the units behind them. We have that primary unit as a secondary one. unit and backup to two backup units as they continue this

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southbound down Valencia returning to Venice Boulevard a right turn now onto Venice Boulevard which will be Venice Boulevard westbound exiting Venice Boulevard now onto Union Avenue southbound many turns erratic here doing everything they can to try to lose those officers, but you still see the night sun right above LAPD, they don't stop around here, they really look at a unit possibly set up for a spike strip there and He went in the opposite direction and turned left. toward Burlington Avenue, left on Burlington, quick right on Washington and the four units behind him managed to stay here.

Look at the officers now waiting at several intersections ahead of him as he continues around this area near Highway 110 and along the 10 near Pico Union, we now continue on Hoover Street heading west, Hoover or heading north, excuse me, Hoover northbound, thank you for trying to distinguish the make and model of that car, but obviously, a dark colored vehicle, maybe a Civic, a Honda Civic, maybe a lot of weight. tinted windows again continue these circles here in the Pico Union area back to Pico Boulevard Alvarado heading north once again on the streets although we have already been several times in the last few minutes now again heading north on Alvarado Street now there are more than half a dozen LAPD units in pursuit here, many police following him as he continues these erratic movements over the double yellow lines and lanes of oncoming traffic to dodge anyone in his path, cutting through the wall district here and now making another wild right turn there. onto James Wood Boulevard, slowing down, another turn, a random turn to the left and look at all the units behind him making those turns with him as they try to flood this part of downtown Los Angeles again.

We are west of the 10 Freeway. 110 well north of 10. and now up to 8th Street, once again the driver of this vehicle is leading the police on a wild police drive through downtown Los Angeles. It's been going on for most of the last 25 minutes as he continues. to fight his way through downtown Los Angeles, trying every trick he could to try to lose those officers, but no less than half a dozen or a dozen units right behind him, with that LAPD blimp right above him, he can see the beautiful sun trying to shine. a light there warns drivers ahead of them of the danger ahead as it continues at high speed possibly onto the freeway here under the 110 freeway under the 110 it will come out the other side which is eighth and it's going to zigzag around this traffic here without getting on the freeway that will put you in front just after Francisco as you head towards the downtown Los Angeles area with all the skyscrapers that are so often used to hide downtown for these

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.

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s it's very difficult for the helicopters to keep up with them here, it will fall on those units on the ground to keep a close distance and keep a close watch and prevent him from escaping here many parking lots many hiding places here many apartment buildings, eh, it's very easy hide in downtown Los Angeles, now heading towards Hope Street at high speed.

Downtown Los Angeles is relatively empty at this time of night, although there are plenty of pedestrians, walking their dogs and going out on a Wednesday. night walk and you can see it now continues down Hope Street here, all of those units are still right behind them. Southbound Hope is slowing down a bit back onto Pico Boulevard just around La Live as it passes through Figueroa and continues westbound past Figaroa and past the convention. Peak heading west-central at 70 miles per hour going up the highway you are going to take. I think once again under the 110 freeway is the overpass when you come out the other side, there's a little bit of traffic here, you're going to get around that going into the oncoming lanes of traffic once again, another sharp turn to the Left here, all of those units follow right behind him as he heads toward Valencia Street.

Since we ended this pursuit, we believe at least two suspects have jumped from the vehicle. that at least one of those suspects is in custody and presumably the LAPD is in the process of getting more information on this handler and trying to get more information on what they're working with here, who they're dealing with, they can't get out of the loop. path. license plate because it appears to be a stolen vehicle and therefore they have limited knowledge about the driver, but once again you can see that he poses a real danger to all these other motorists as he speeds down Venice Boulevard at over 50 miles per hour. time a spike strip a spike strip missed a failed Spike in Venice and Bonnie Bray continuing westbound Venice Boulevard thanks to a northbound turn onto Cortland Avenue another suspect jumping running towards him they're going to stop him in no time here and the The driver continues once again, so now three people have jumped out of this vehicle and the driver continues the chase again.

This is a stolen vehicle and sources told us there was also a felony search for the driver of this car so it's more than just Grand Theft Auto, there are additional charges this suspect is wanted for and there's a reason. why there are so many officers dedicated to this persecution. Let's see what those other wishes are, but there are additional wishes for felonies. the driver of this vehicle as they continue the pursuit of a stolen vehicle in downtown Los Angeles at 50 miles per hour down Alvarado Street, another wide turn there toward Olympic and, oh, almost losing control, fishtail at West Lake Avenue, off of Olympic Boulevard, starting to get out of control a little.

A little bit as you make these turns too fast, too little braking, too late and here it comes again as you go down West Lake Avenue, much narrower streets here as all those police units continue to approach them, but again roughly. 10 units about 10 units that are behind him here and they're just not giving in at all, they're really dedicated to this Pursuit. Look, look at all those units that are in Pursuit here. You have to wonder what else this driver is. wanted for turning left there on 12th Street and once again heading back towards downtown Los Angeles heading west to 12th at 50 miles per hour back to the 110 freeway LAPD right behind him with that blimp right above trying to keep the night sun lit. him, there's the overpass, once again we're covering much of the same real estate we have for the last few minutes, another wild left turn there as he continues to push the limits of this Honda Civic again right near the crypto Arena here as it goes past LA Live just after Chick Hearn here parallel to Highway 110 and here is Olympic Boulevard, turn right on Olympic and if you're watching us live on abc7.com and our ABC 7 streaming apps , prepare to change. turn to ABC 7 on your TV as we prepare for our 11 o'clock broadcast uh Eyewitness News at 11 o'clock starting in just a second I don't have eyes to come, I have enough nothing, no, I come, you hear, no hear no I got nothing I hear I don't hear anything I heard I heard that at the top of your screen at the top of your screen Gentlemen at the top of your screen right there foreigner that's Jory, the suspect who's been on the run for most of the last half hour leaving several of his friends passengers in the vehicle jumping out of the vehicle doing wild turns here in downtown Los Angeles while trying at all costs to lose about a dozen officers who so far are managing to keep up with him at high speeds via On the Surface Streets started on the freeway in the Southwest Division of the Los Angeles Police Department and now we are in downtown Los Angeles where this chase continues with some really wild and erratic moves, sometimes almost missing the mark. vehicle jury control.

We believe this is a stolen vehicle, but there is much more to the story, in fact, sources tell us there are additional felony lawsuits for the driver of this car. This person is believed to be armed and dangerous. We don't know what those other charges are, but they have tried several times to attack the vehicle. They've set up perimeters, but so far he's really done a good job of evading those officers, but they've done an equally impressive job of keeping up with him. They haven't let him go. They're applying a lot of upward pressure, as I mentioned. to 12 officers right behind him, plus that LAPD blimp that gentleman keeps above him as he goes down.

I think we're on 8th Street once again, we're covering a lot of the same streets over and over again. again between downtown Los Angeles and some of the residential neighborhoods near the Pico Union area that allowed them to install those spike strips, but again so far most of those Spike attempts seem to have failed as he turns onto Parkview Street here in uh , in the downtown Los Angeles area, yes, yes, you can't help but assume that this is probably an area he is very familiar with, if not residing too soon to recount, three suspects jump out of the vehicle in this neighborhood and we believe that at least one or two of them have been detained and hope

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y the LAPD is in the process of trying to get more information from Intel.

Look at all of these units, not just the units behind them, but some of these intersections. There are units that have been able to. He prepared for it and even tried several spike strips, but so far we haven't seen any successful spikes, at one point he fishtailed quite a bit when he made some of these turns too fast into the oncoming lanes of traffic down the road. Alvarado Street. a street we've already been on at least three or four times as it continues to loop just east of downtown Los Angeles, occasionally passing under the 110 freeway toward the tallest buildings downtown, where it's much easier to hide, but inevitably He continues to go back and forth between these residential neighborhoods and downtown, now near MacArthur Park, as you mentioned, continuing south on Alvarado Street past West Lake Avenue here in the Pico Union area, an area that It seems to be a bit or at least I would.

Let's just say I'm pretty familiar with the foreign right wheel, yes, sometimes over 60 to 70 miles per hour on surface streets. I think we just glimpsed through thatdriver that the windshield appears to be, if I'm not mistaken, another passenger in the front seat. of that vehicle, so at least two people are still inside that car, it's a compact car, we think it could be a Honda Civic and as we already mentioned, at least three other people jumped out of this car, but from our point of view view it seems as if the driver is not alone there, there appears to be someone else in the passenger seat and again we have to wonder what those other charges are because as we zoom in occasionally you will be able to see more than 10 to 12 officers in this Pursuit This is not It's normal, especially for the LAPD to work a Pursuit like this with this size of Pursuit package, especially on the streets of downtown LA, it's just not something we're normally used to seeing here, there's a lot further. to history, to say the least, than any other on Olympic Boulevard, another boulevard we have been on numerous times as it continues to circle.

This neighborhood wouldn't be surprised if there were more spike strips ahead of it as it continues east. On Olympic Boulevard Jewelry Foreign another wild turn, took it a little fast and you may see signs that this vehicle is behaving a little differently, now going the wrong way again or just turning into that left lane there, uh, I could have done it. To avoid the freeway, he's had plenty of opportunities to get on it and seems to be avoiding it intentionally, if anything. He's changed since that Spike strip. I'd say maybe it's traveling a little slower now going the wrong way on 12th Street, which might be a one-way street, under the Harbor Freeway, there under the 110 Freeway, we'll see if it comes out.

On the other side, you can see that it's nice to wait for it, there it is coming out. The other side, which will be the east side of Highway 110, where there are so many places to hide, as you mentioned, there are a lot of tall buildings. There are a lot of parking lots in apartment complexes and you can tell the vehicle is definitely slowing down, you can see it a little wobbly, we'll see if we can get a better shot of it, we leave it smoking higher up, you see a little bit, yeah, a little bit of smoke coming out. emanating from that left rear tire it looks like that left rear tire is now completely deflated it takes time, you know, for those spike strips to take effect, it essentially injects a straw-like peg into the tire that slowly releases air and I think that en What we're seeing here is the left tire starting to fall apart there as it's now under the freeway really slowing down and we'll see it come out and keep pushing the gas pedal trying to get away from those officers, but that The vehicle notices that there is more flat

tires

, in fact both

tires

on the right side are flat and the vehicle is obviously starting to struggle here as it struggles to maintain control of the vehicle which is lurching back and forth as it tries to control the steering wheel. is not cooperating and I think it's fair to say that this vehicle is now on borrowed time as they are now setting up at various intersections along Pico Boulevard preparing for the termination of this foreign chase, yes another curve here struggling to make those curves, I think it's just a matter of time before he decides to jump out of the vehicle or, hope

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y, turn himself in here.

You can still occasionally see some smoke coming out of those rear tires. At least three of our Vantage Point's four tires are almost completely flat and as you mentioned, he's really going back and forth, swimming is a great way to say it as he heads back north on Alvarado Street really going in circles over and over again on These exact same streets, there aren't many surprises. with this guy allowing them to really run those spike strips and he's decelerating more and more slowly here as he continues to pass Pico on 11th Street in Alvarado at about 20 miles per hour, they've done a great job of trying. to keep the rest of the traffic at bay, but it's a testament to how many resources have been put into this chase by the LAPD, they've put a lot of officers and resources into trying to get this person off the road who is believed to be being armed and dangerous, the vehicle itself is said to have been stolen, but there are additional felony claims for the driver of that car and they haven't let him off at all, all of those units continue to approach him from behind as he continues this chase.

Now back to Olympic Boulevard, if you recognize these streets, trust your instincts because we've been here numerous times in the last few minutes and you've been following us on abc7.com, but he continues to do so for most of the last half hour. circles around these same buildings here, just west of downtown Los Angeles, between MacArthur Park and downtown Los Angeles, is where you feel most comfortable now, returning to the 110 freeway at Olympic Boulevard, thank you, foreigner, that's right , and we've seen a lot of experienced drivers, uh, chase, try that same tactic intentionally, heading towards the center of the city, where there are so many hiding places, it has become a very well-known thing.

If you know you're trying to lose the cops, you know downtown is the place. to do it, I don't think that's going to happen with this guy because you could see the number of ground units, even if those helicopters had to take off, there are so many ground units dedicated to this pursuit, huh, it's just the chances that escapes are practically non-existent, it could end in a foot chase, they may have to set up a perimeter, but they are going to catch this guy. This is not something we're used to seeing when you see all these officers at the various intersections and at least a dozen units right behind him again as a reporter.

I can't wait to hear the details behind this person being sought for some very serious charges being stacked against him as he refuses even at this hour. moment when all those flat tires stopped and simply surrendered, he was said to be armed and dangerous, we don't know what crimes have been committed, but obviously they will stop at nothing to keep up with him, they are not going to. losing it is just a matter of him being on borrowed time, he knows it and that's why he's simply enjoying these final moments of Freedom. It's turning into a joyride at this point as he continues to struggle with the steering wheel and crawl through downtown Los Angeles back toward Alvarado.

Well, easily, that's right and now you have the problem as word spreads on social media and of course everyone's TVs, you start to see more people coming out to try and get a look again. This is the type of search. where you're not surprised to see that because they've basically established a pattern such that there's a lot of time and something that they don't want to see, they don't want to see pedestrians get involved, even if they want to try to take a look. or take a photo, it is very inadvisable because you just don't know how this chase will end and in fact there are many pedestrians outside, some are just walking obviously in this part of the city in other parts.

They're going out just to see what's going on in their neighborhood while he continues at slow speed going through the same neighborhood over and over again up Alvarado Street making these circles at about 20 miles an hour with all those lights and sirens behind him to call everyone's attention, of course, is a good purpose for that, but it also attracts some of the wrong attention and they just don't want to see people come out and try to participate in this. It's just not a smart idea, so they're going to try to continue to keep a close distance here by doing these turns with him back onto Olympic Boulevard from Alvarado again doing a very, very tight circle around this group of buildings while he makes another uh to the left.

Hand turn here this time onto Lake Street, another narrow street here, as he's basically he's using up the rubber left on those tires, but you'll see him fly here in a second. I think it seems that way. I'm not sure if it's actually come off, but you can clearly see on the left side, that driver's side rear tire that's really about to come off. I couldn't see if there's anything left on the front, but so far I want to say that you can Look here, look at that little movement with that steering wheel and you can see that if you go faster you will lose control of that vehicle, so you have to keep it in a straight line because any hope that this is still going, but I just think it's uh uh you know it's on borrowed time, it's clear there's not much time left and it looks like there's a little bit of rubber left there, but it's basically riding on the rim, so fact, it could be the four tires at this point that looks like flat foreign foreign there says yeah and that will slow them down even more here and eventually that Rim uh will start grinding the pavement, you'll start to see some

sparks

here as it continues.

I just don't think I can maintain control much longer, especially when trying to accelerate here. It is a very bad idea to cross the double yellow lines. This is a real potential for danger here, as there is occasionally oncoming traffic here on Pico Boulevard, as you can see. the cars on the other side of the road it doesn't take anything for you to accidentally spin out of control or swerve over those double yellow lines into the oncoming lanes now we're back under the freeway here as it continues east on Pico , uh, you really start to hold your breath as he tries to fix this as he moves here, you just hope, you hope there's no one in his way as he starts to sneak through these foreign intersections, you almost wonder if they're contemplating, uh, maybe some less orthodox tactics.

Here I mean that they can continue in a traditional way, since look the more

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come out of the right front tire, the front tire begins to light up as it grinds the asphalt, but you wonder, with the dangers at play. I wonder if there might be other options available to you again. They've already dedicated dozens of officers to this chase, including a dozen or so who are right behind them and continue to follow him through the streets of downtown Los Angeles as he continues this pursuit. erratic movements of 20 to 25 miles per hour on tires, he is basically, yes, foreign, yes, more pedestrians come out glimpsing this, you can see them.

Spectators trying to watch this chase pass through your neighborhood here uh but there are risk factors and unfortunately fortunately. It's late, so we're not dealing with daytime traffic. The only more ideal situation would be if you were on the highway. Look how many more spike strips that Spike is going to drive around, but there's not much tire left. To top it all off, I mean, you know, the game is over at this point, he's on his last miles here, but the only thing better or safer would be on the highway right now, although that doesn't seem to be an option for him, ha He's missed every opportunity to take the freeway and is now crawling down Alvarado Street once again, choosing the same streets over and over again, which has allowed them to set up intersections in front of him, uh, not just to set up strips of traffic. spikes, but also to prevent additional traffic from getting in your way, you are really doing a public service by closing those intersections because there is obviously an armed and dangerous person behind the wheel; poses a real threat to the community even in At this hour and is now back on Olympic Boulevard as that Rim continues to light up the neighborhood making repeated circles along the same streets, it is telling that even when the chase has been reduced to 20 or 25 miles per hour, coming very close to those who are parked. cars, it is revealing that they have not given the go-ahead for a pit maneuver.

These seem like relatively good conditions for a pit maneuver to put the final nail in the coffin of this chase, however, there must be a reason why they aren't opting for that. maneuver in the pits, they continue to let this drag on, despite the fact that it has slowed down enormously. Praise for those Spike attempts that have successfully crushed almost all four tires and those units continue to follow them at a close distance that they could easily immobilize. him if they wanted to, but for some reason they haven't and in any case, Pursuit now stops here, it looks like it's along Alvarado Street, just before Olympic Boulevard, and this could be him stepping on the accelerator to background and the the car does not cooperate it seems that this has stopped dead on Alvarado Street the officers get out of their patrol cars with their weapons in their hands and they are going to start barking orders at him uh pretty quickly here we will see if there is any cooperation or any signs of cooperation, the first step will be to look for those hands that come out of the window while he turns off the car, he will open that door, they will give him instructions very carefully, you can see some movement coming from That door on the driver's side, but that door is still Alrightclosed and it seems that it is, it seems that it stopped giving it gas.

I don't see those wheels turning, but the car is still running. Sorry, yeah, sure, yeah. We are ready to make that felony arrest, but this could happen relatively quickly or it could turn into a protracted standoff if he refuses to come out and that would mean a completely separate set of strategies on the part of the LAPD. Let's just hope the suspect just surrenders here and continues to see movement uh they're going to be looking for those hands here comes the driver's side door swinging open he might be ready to surrender here you could see him maybe communicating uh hands and hands not on the air he is out of the beagle, he has his hands up, his back to the officers who are slowly walking away from the vehicle and now it seems that he is surrendering, they are not going to take any risks with him, they are going to continue Instruct him to make a series of things and you will eventually be upside down here in just a second.

He's walking away from them for some reason and now he's on his knees, right here, he's face down. All eyes are now on the passenger. seat while they continue with this felony arrest, they will arrest him here momentarily, but they want to wait and see what the passenger in the front seat does, they cannot pass that car until they understand that that suspect is not a threat in the passenger seat there there is the passenger door a female passenger exiting the vehicle her hands now in the air again it is worth reiterating that three other suspects jumped out of the back seat of this vehicle earlier in this chase that female passenger now takes a step back in the direction of those officers while she appears to be cooperating and this chase thankfully seems to be coming to a peaceful resolution, but not before putting many lives in danger tonight with the crazy

driving

we've seen, it's a miracle no one was hurt, but thankfully we got to A peaceful ending now, as both the driver and passenger appear to be obeying those orders.

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