Walk-Of-Fame Hit-And-Run Driver Prompts SWAT Stand-Off In Hollywood Hills: LAPD

HOLLYWOOD, CA — A woman suspected of a hit-and-run crash in Hollywood led police on a pursuit Friday morning that culminated when SWAT officers used gas to end a 2 1/2-hour standoff outside a Studio City home.

The hit-and-run was reported at around 9:30 a.m. at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The woman, driving a truck, hit another vehicle and a fire hydrant, then fled toward the Hollywood Hills, police said. FOX 11 reported that the truck was stolen.

Officers pursued the woman into Coldwater Canyon and deployed spike strips, which deflated the truck's two front tires.

The slow-speed chase came to a stop at around 10:15 a.m., when the woman pulled into a driveway off Coldwater Canyon Avenue in Studio City. Officers pulled in behind the truck, trapping it, KTLA reported.

Officers pointed less-than-lethal weapons and handguns at the truck and used bean bags in an attempt to shoot out the heavily tinted windows.

At 10:42 a.m., a woman wearing a pink T-shirt briefly exited the truck before getting back inside.

The LAPD SWAT team arrived at around noon and boxed in the pickup with armored trucks. An officer was seen speaking to the woman several times over a megaphone.

At 12:22 p.m., officers broke the rear and driver's side windows using a long pole and deployed non-lethal gas into the cab three times.

After the third deployment, at 12:38 p.m., the woman opened the passenger-side door. SWAT officers rushed in, pulled her out and took her into custody.

Coldwater Canyon was completely shut down in the area due to the standoff.

City News Service contributed to this report.