Carjacking Suspect Shot During Violent Los Angeles Pursuit

LOS ANGELES, CA —A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy shot a suspected carjacker, bringing to an end a wild police chance involving multiple crashes Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

The hour-long chase came to an end at Vermont Avenue and Venice Boulevard shortly before 3 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. It began earlier in the afternoon after the suspect allegedly carjacked a sedan in East Los Angeles and sped onto the Long Beach (710) Freeway.

The suspect was boxed in by traffic in the Pico-Union area after crashing into multiple vehicles, including pursuing police vehicles.

The suspect put his car in reverse and rammed into another sheriff's vehicle before rolling onto a sidewalk and into a pole. That is when he was quickly pinned in place by pursuing deputies. The suspect then appeared to be spinning the car's wheels, prompting deputies to open fire, shattering the rear window and splattering blood across the front windshield, according to footage from the scene.

After the shooting, the suspect stopped moving.

With no movement visible in the car, deputies eventually moved in and pulled the suspect from the vehicle, then summoned paramedics, who loaded the suspect into an ambulance in unknown condition.

There were no reports of any injuries to deputies.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.