Manhattan Beach Police Recover Gun Tossed During Car Pursuit

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — A gun tossed from a reportedly stolen car as Manhattan Beach Police officers were in pursuit has been recovered, Manhattan Beach Patch has learned. Sgt. Michael Sistoni told MB Patch that when officers attempted to pull over the vehicle over around 2:40 a.m. this morning, the driver led them on a pursuit. The gun was tossed from the vehicle near 8th Street and Valley Drive, he said.

Two of the three suspects in the car "bailed" and soon after, the car crashed, hitting a curb after the driver failed to navigate a turn, disabling the car. Two suspects were apprehended soon after they fled the vehicle; the third was found in a residential back yard a few hours later when MBPD and the K9 unit conducted door-to-door property searches, said Sistoni.

First apprehended was a male adult and a juvenile female. The juvenile was released to her parents. Sistoni told Manhattan Beach Patch he believed the male would be released under zero bail. The male adult who was caught in a back yard may be held. MBPD is looking into the matter.

From Your Manhattan Beach Community Publisher Liz Spear: If you'd like to continue to receive local Manhattan Beach news, the kind you can't get anywhere else, please go to the homepage and under the heading "Support local news in Manhattan Beach," click on the "Donate" button to make a small monthly contribution or small annual one. MB Patch is the first Patch website to use this new Community Publisher model and I want to keep it going, but that depends on you and your support. If you need any help finding the "Donate" button, please call or email me: (310) 613-6016 or Liz.Spear@Patch.com. Thank you for your support!

You can learn more about me and this new model in the following article: Good News: More Local News Coverage for Manhattan Beach!