Pursuit suspect surrenders after SUV blows a tire on 10 Freeway in West LA

Suspect arrested after tire goes flat on 10 Freeway

A reckless and dangerous pursuit came to an end in the Cheviot Hills area of Los Angeles after the vehicle began losing one of its tires.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - A carjacking suspect is in custody Thursday afternoon after leading authorities on a police chase across Los Angeles County.

Timeline:

According to the Bakersfield Police Department, around 10:23 a.m. police received a call of a suspicious person in possession of a black rifle. As officers were responding, an additional caller reported a carjacking involving a suspect with a similar description. Police said the suspect stole a white Ford Expedition and fled eastbound on the 5 Freeway. 

Bakersfield Police notified other local law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for the suspect and the vehicle. 

Around 12 p.m., California Highway Patrol officers spotted the vehicle and initiated a pursuit on the 5 freeway near Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita. 

 By 12:25 p.m. the suspect in a white Ford Exhibition was seen speeding on the 5 Freeway in the Silver Lake area.

A minute later, the SUV rear-ended another vehicle in the Los Feliz neighborhood, but the pursuit continued.

Once the driver reached the 10 Freeway in the downtown Los Angeles area, the SUV was seen apparently bumping the vehicle in front of it twice as they were stopped in traffic. 

Pursuit suspect hits another car on LA freeway

A pursuit suspect, allegedly wanted for burglary, was seen weaving through traffic on the 5 and 10 freeways in Los Angeles. At one point he hit the back bumper of a car in front of him.

The driver continued on the 10 Freeway, reaching triple digits in the University Park area and swerving in and out of the lanes as it was followed by at least four patrol cars. 

To bypass traffic, the suspect was traveling in the shoulder lane for several minutes.

The suspect then headed west on the 10 Freeway in the Mid-City neighborhood, dodging vehicles in its way but at times getting stuck behind cars during traffic.

Around 12:45 p.m., the SUV's front left tire came off, and the right tire looked to be losing air.

Tire begins to come off mid-pursuit

The front right-side tire became flat and started coming off during a pursuit in LA County.

The suspect continued traveling westbound for a minute, then pulled over on the shoulder near the Overland Avenue exit in Cheviot Hills as six patrol vehicles surrounded it. 

The driver surrendered to authorities shortly afterward. An AR-15 rifle was recovered in the vehicle.