LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A suspect wanted in a weeks-old case of road rage involving a firearm led officers on a dangerous 45-minute chase on freeways and local roads Tuesday before coming to a stop in South San Gabriel, authorities said.
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 a road rage incident a couple of weeks ago, authorities said.
Santa Monica Police Department investigators had tried to take the suspect into custody but he fled, a sergeant in the SMPD watch commander’s office told City News Service.
Police said the road rage incident occurred on July 3 near Cloverfield Boulevard and Broadway, but the suspect was gone by the time they responded. An investigation was launched and the suspect was located in the San Fernando area Tuesday morning, according SMPD Lt. Lewis Gilmour.
The CHP began chasing the suspect on the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway just south of the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in the Pacoima area, and the pursuit proceeded to central Los Angeles and onto the Hollywood (101) Freeway and city streets, a CHP 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.
Further details about the case in which the driver is a suspect were not immediately available, but Gilmour said the matter is unrelated to a fatal shooting early Monday in a parking lot near the Santa Monica Pier.
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