CULVER CITY (CNS) – A robbery suspect was in custody Thursday after leading authorities on a high-speed chase with a baby inside an allegedly carjacked vehicle — while simultaneously live-streaming — that led from Hawthorne to Culver City.
NBC4 reported that two suspects robbed a victim at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Beverly Hills and jumped in a car with a third suspect. They drove to Hawthorne, where one suspect carjacked a Kia with an infant and the child’s mother — possibly the suspect’s daughter and girlfriend — while the other two drove to South Los Angeles, abandoned the original car and were arrested.
The suspect drove the Kia through downtown Los Angeles, Hyde Park and Inglewood before entering Culver City, where he drove on the wrong side of streets multiple times as he avoided other drivers and pursuing deputies.
South Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station Lt. David Berry confirmed to City News Service the suspect was live-streaming the chase while the infant’s mother begged him from the backseat of the car to pull over and surrender.
NBC4 reported the baby was a 2-month old girl.
The chase ended at Shedd Terrance and Wrightcrest Drive in a cul-de- sac in the Blair Hills neighborhood of Culver City, where the suspect briefly remained in the car when deputies blocked it. As deputies approached the car, they saw the suspect was holding a baby swaddled in pink in his lap.
The driver, identified as 21-year-old Daiyaan Henderson, then surrendered to authorities. The child’s mother, who was in the backseat, exited the vehicle and also surrendered. Henderson was being held without bail, according to sheriff’s department jail records.
The baby was handed over to law enforcement and was medically treated at the scene.
“My concern was the baby,” said sheriff’s deputy Adriana Martinez. “She was crying so I just wanted to comfort her. My motherly insects kicked in and I was just trying to soothe her, stop her from crying. We ended up taking care of her.”
According to the sheriff’s department, deputies fed the child and changed her diaper before she fell asleep. She was described as being OK and has since reunited with her mother.
Officials said they released the baby’s mother from custody after determining she was the victim of a kidnapping. Henderson faces possible charges including kidnapping, carjacking, armed robbery and ex-felon in possession of a firearm.
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