All articles tagged with #police chase
Security camera video shows police vehicles pursuing a car minutes before a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way on the A66 collided with a marked police vehicle near Middlesbrough, killing seven people including two officers. The chase appears to have been abandoned, and the crash involved a police car that was not part of the pursuit.
A lengthy pursuit through the San Fernando Valley ended when a wrong-way Honda Accord collided head-on with a California Highway Patrol SUV on the 405 Freeway. The chase, which involved multiple LAPD units and included detours through surface streets, a Cal State Northridge parking structure, and a brief confrontation with a civilian motorcyclist, concluded with the suspect fleeing on foot before being tackled by officers. The driver was described as a burglary suspect who was seen using drugs; no burglary details were immediately released.
A dirt-bike rider fleeing police through South Los Angeles paused at a gas station to fuel up and even browsed a cellphone during the pursuit, before officers cornered him and took him into custody.
A late-night pursuit on a residential street in Chino Hills ended with deputies fatally shooting the kidnapper after he opened the trunk and shot the abducted victim; both the suspect and the victim died at the scene, while a passenger was detained and investigators continue the probe.
A suspect in a half-hour police chase across Los Angeles County paused at a Montrose gas station to fill a full tank, then ditched the car in Pasadena; a man and a woman were arrested following the pursuit.
Three people were killed and one woman was critically injured after a pickup truck fleeing police plunged off the Cicero Avenue bridge during a pursuit on Chicago's Southwest Side.
A suspect who allegedly assaulted a tow-truck driver on the eastbound 210 Freeway near Glendora led to a CHP pursuit that ended at a Covina gas station, where the suspect was shot and killed. The tow-truck driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition; no officers were injured. All eastbound 210 lanes were shut for hours and reopened around noon.
A Park Police pursuit of a stolen Honda Accord through Rock Creek Parkway and Connecticut Avenue ended near the Taft Bridge in Washington, D.C., when the driver drove into oncoming traffic, striking a moped rider, Nolberto Meza, who died, and a diplomat vehicle occupant who was hospitalized; three suspects were arrested. The driver, Tomas Anderson, 24, was charged with second-degree murder, while two others were charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle.
A man was taken into custody after leading police on a multi-county chase that began in Porter County on Sunday afternoon.
Authorities say a Midland, Texas gunman who opened fire Friday—killing one person and injuring several others—died in a police standoff after barricading himself in an abandoned veterinary clinic; the suspect, 45-year-old Victor Mata Villarreal, had fired on officers during a chase days earlier and was wanted for attempted capital murder of a peace officer.
A man suspected of reckless driving in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, fled from state police after a crash, was attacked by an alligator during a swampy escape, and continued fleeing until he was finally caught with the help of drone technology. Victor Rivas, 40, was treated for arm injuries and booked on driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest, and fugitive from nearby Jefferson Parish charges; his bond was set at $17,500.
A suspect driving a stolen truck is in a live, two-county pursuit that began in Fontana and continued along the 10 and 101 freeways into Los Angeles, including Chinatown, downtown LA, and East LA; authorities shifted to tracking mode by around 1:15 p.m. as the chase unfolded.
Two high-speed police pursuits are highlighted: in Arkansas, a 3-year-old climbs out of a flipped car after a pursuit, and in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, a car goes airborne during a separate chase. The piece notes the dangers of chases, with 3,336 people killed in U.S. pursuits from 2017–2022, including more than 550 bystanders, contributing to reforms like the NYPD banning high-speed chases for low-level offenses.
Eight children ages 1–14 were fatally shot across three homes in Shreveport, Louisiana. Police say the suspect—who also carjacked a nearby vehicle—was killed by officers after a chase; investigators believe he was the sole shooter and that some victims were his descendants. The incident is under investigation and described as a developing story.
A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run on Mission Street near South Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. The driver fled, but police located a matching Mercedes and detained the suspect after a short chase; a baby passenger was released. As of the latest update, no arrests had been publicly announced.