Target Robbery Suspects Lead Police On 75-Minute Chase Through Traffic

LOS ANGELES, CA — Two men suspected of grand theft in Camarillo and allegedly hitting a law enforcement vehicle were taken into custody near Carson Friday after leading officers on an approximately 75-minute pursuit.

According to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department, the two men robbed a Target store in the 200 block of West Ventura Boulevard in Camarillo before fleeing, prompting a chase that began around 4:25 p.m.

The driver traveled erratically on the Ventura (101) and San Diego (405) freeways in a yellow Ford Mustang, bypassing multiple vehicles, at times driving on the shoulder or squeezing through stopped cars.

At one point, the suspect was in heavy traffic near Olympic Boulevard on the San Diego Freeway in West Los Angeles, prompting the driver to travel on the shoulder to avoid congestion.

The suspect eventually exited the freeway and took to surface streets near Century and Aviation boulevards in Westchester.

The suspect continued driving into the Inglewood area, where he briefly turned into a business parking lot before traveling back on the street and heading to the eastbound Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway before merging onto the southbound Harbor (110) Freeway.

Later into the chase, the rear tire on the driver's side blew out on the Harbor Freeway. The motorist ultimately came to a stop and both suspects were eventually taken into custody around 5:40 p.m. near the transition road from the southbound Harbor Freeway to the westbound Artesia (91) Freeway.

City News Service