Wild, aggressive chase involving 3 reported grand theft auto suspects ends in Santa Clarita | ABC7

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THEIR WAY. LOOK AT THAT, THE PASSENGER JUMPING OUT. HIGH RATE OF SPEED, JUMPING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE COMES ANOTHER PASSENGER OUT OF THE BACKSEAT. HE'S GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE -- SHE'S GETTING BACK IN THE VEHICLE. CHP RIGHT BEHIND HIM HERE. WE ARE GOING TO FORGET ABOUT THAT ONE PASSENGER, BUT WE NOW KNOW THE DRIVER AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER PASSENGER, THESE WERE YOUNG MEN THAT JUMPED OUT OF THAT VEHICLE, AND NOW THE PURSUIT CONTINUES THROUGH THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. GUY'S, THIS IS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. DAVID: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ELLEN: CONSIDERED ARMED, ALL THREE OF THEM. CHRIS: INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC GOING THE WRONG WAY NOW, JUMPED AT MEDIAN. HE IS CONTINUING THE WRONG WAY ON VALENCIA BOULEVARD, APPROACHING WHALE ROAD AVENUE. LOOK AT THIS -- OH, MY GOD. THAT WAS A NEAR HEAD ON COLLISION. VERY CLOSE CALL. ONE OF SEVERAL WE HAVE SEEN HERE, AND IT IS JUST GETTING MORE AND MORE AGGRESSIVE BY THE SECOND. AT LEAST HE IS GOING THE RIGHT WAY NOW BUT SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN. DAVID: I THINK ABOUT THAT GUY WHO JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND NOW HE JUMPED BACK IN THE VEHICLE, AND HOW DID HE CHANGE HIS DESTINATION? WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THIS THING IS GOING TO PLAY OUT, IT IS SO DANGEROUS THE WAY THEY ARE DRIVING NOW, IF THEY INSIST ON CONTINUING WITH THIS, THIS IS NOT GOING TO END IN A GOOD WAY. CHRIS: I THINK HE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY TO DROP HIS BUDDIES OFF, AND THE ONE KID SAW THE COP BEHIND HIM, AND GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING AWAY AFTER THIS. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A DANGEROUS PURSUIT. LAW ENFORCEMENT JUST CANNOT LET THIS GO. THIS HAS TO COME TO A STOP IMMEDIATELY, SO YOU WILL SEE THIS ENTIRE AREA FLOODED WITH BLACK AND WHITE HERE AS IT CONTINUES THROUGH THIS PARKING LOT AND NOW COMING BACK OUT THE OTHER SIDE, BACK ONTO VALENCIA BOULEVARD, GETTING AROUND THAT TRAFFIC. OK CANYON AND SOLEDAD, GOT IT. CONTINUING WESTBOUND, AWAY FROM MAGIC MOUNTAIN. DAVID: SO HE IS FLYING DOWN IN SANTA CLARITA RIGHT NOW. LUCKILY, THOUGH, AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH TRAFFIC PATTERNS IN SANTA CLARITA, BUT THESE ROADS LOOK WIDE OPEN. THE DANGEROUS PART OF THAT IS HE COULD REALLY OPEN UP SPEED AND GET MOVING IN THIS VEHICLE. AGAIN, I WILL REEMPHASIZE, IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO STOP IF IT HAS TO. CHRIS: THE FURTHER HE GETS FROM THE FIVE, YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC IS A LOT LESS. THERE'S JUST ENOUGH TRAFFIC IN THE WAY HERE TO REALLY GET SOMEBODY HURT, ESPECIALLY IF HE CONTINUES DRIVING LIKE THIS, BLOWING THROUGH RED LIGHTS. I REALLY HOPE WE DON'T SEE HIM GET BACK INTO ONCOMING LANES OF TRAFFIC. HE JUMPED OVER THAT MEDIAN WITHOUT ANY HESITATION WHATSOEVER, AND YOU SAW HOW CLOSE HE CAME, BUT AT LEAST HE IS BACK GOING EASTBOUND ON SOLO DATA AND NOW MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OR A CONDOMINIUM, A U-TURN THROUGH THE ENTRANCE THERE, NOW GOING TO -- OK, HE IS GOING IN CIRCLES. HE IS REALLY TOYING WITH THIS OFFICER, DOING A CIRCLE AROUND THIS GROUP OF CARS, AND HE IS IN THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX WHICH I THINK LEADS HIM TO A DEAD END. WE WILL WIDEN OUT IN A SECOND AND SEE IF THAT IS THE CASE. YOU CAN SEE LAPD WITH THEIR AIRSHIP OVERHEAD. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL DOWN THERE, NOW FACE-TO-FACE WITH THIS CHP OFFICER. HE'S GOING FOR A RUN, DRIVER AND PASSENGER JUMPING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, RUNNING THROUGH THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY THAT ONE OFFICER THAT WE SAW HERE. NOT SURE IF THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS COMPLEX, IF THEY LIVE IN THIS AREA, BUT AT ANY RATE, THEY ARE RUNNING THROUGH HERE, PRIVATE PROPERTY, WAITING FOR DEPUTIES TO ARRIVE ON SCENE. I'M NOT SURE THAT ONE CHP CRUISER WILL BE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH THEM HERE, BUT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO RACE THROUGH THESE CONDOS HERE IN SANTA CLARITA. WE WILL SEE WHERE THIS TAKES THEM. JO BONNER -- JOVANA: THIS IS JOVANA LARA ALONGSIDE MARC BROWN. THESE GUYS HAD BEEN DRIVING SO DANGEROUSLY AND NOW WE SEE THEM RUNNING THROUGH THIS COMPLEX, PUTTING THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE LIKELY IN DANGER. CHRIS: THAT'S RIGHT. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT LAPD STILL HAS THEIR AIRSHIP OVERHEAD. HE IS ABLE TO CALL AT THE LOCATION AND GET THOSE OFFICERS, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A MUTUAL AID SITUATION, THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT INVOLVED HERE AS THEY SCALE THESE FENCES, JUMPING THROUGH BACKYARDS, ZIGZAGGING THROUGH THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT HAS NOW BEEN SEVERAL MINUTES SINCE THEY LOST THAT INITIAL PURSUING OFFICER. LOOK AT THIS, HIDING IN THE BUSHES, LOOKING FOR ANY NOOK OR CRANNY TO HIDE OUT, THINKING THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH THIS. THESE ARE TWO SUSPECTS OF THREE. ONE SUSPECT JUMPING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THESE TWO LOOKING FOR A HIDING SPOT, BUT THEY HAVE JUST WAY TOO MANY EYES ON THEM AT THIS POINT. DAVID: IF WE CAN SEE THEM, WE KNOW THE SHERIFF'S CAN SEE THEM, AND LAPD CAN SEE THEM. CAN YOU GIVE ME A SENSE OF THE LOCATION HERE? WEINER IT IS SANTA CLARITA AND IT IS A VOLATILE SITUATION -- WE KNOW IT IS SANTA CLARITA. THEY ARE GOING THROUGH BACKYARDS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPEN OR UNLOCKED DOORS. IF YOU ARE HERE, LOCK YOUR DOORS IMMEDIATELY, AS SOON AS YOU CAN. THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE POSSIBLY ARMED, THOUGHT TO HAVE AN ARMED, WHO ARE RUNNING AROUND IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GOING THROUGH BACKYARDS. CHRIS: ONE MORE TIME? THAT'S RIGHT, TRYING TO GET A CROSS STREET HERE. WE ARE JUST OFF OF SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD, AGAIN, TRYING TO GET THE EXACT LOCATION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THEY ARE MOVING TOWARD THIS WHOLE AREA. IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY BIG APARTMENT. THEY ARE ON THE REAR SIDE OF IT NOW JUST LOOKING FOR A SPOT TO HIDE OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT TELL YOU THE NAME OF THIS SIDE STREET THEY ARE COMING UP ON. ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE MORE OF A BIKE PATH POTENTIALLY. LOOK AT THIS. THEY ARE NOW APPROACHING THE POLE -- THE POOL WITH PEOPLE IN THE POOL, ENJOYING THEIR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AND THESE TWO ARE JUST RUNNING RIGHT ALONG THE POOL DECK LOOKING FOR A HIDING SPOT. WE HAVE TO REMIND YOU, THESE TWO ARE BELIEVED TO BE ARMED. AS THEY RUN THROUGH HERE, THEY ARE BELIEVED TO BE ARMED GRAND THEFT AUTO SUSPECTS THAT NOW POSE A DANGER TO THIS COMMUNITY, BUT APPARENTLY THEY SEE LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THEIR LINE OF SIGHT. THERE'S THE OFFICERS WITH THEIR GUNS DRAWN APPROACHING THE SUSPECTS. THANKFULLY APPEARS THEY ARE FINALLY GIVING UP. MARC: ONE LAPD, ONE L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, BOTH WITH GUNS DRAWN. THEY IMMEDIATELY DROP TO THE GROUND. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. THE PEOPLE IN THE POOL, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL GETTING A SWIMMING LESSON OUT THERE. EVERYBODY IS OUT OF HARM'S WAY. THE LITTLE KID IS OUT OF HARM'S WAY. EVERYBODY LEAVING. NO SHOTS HAVE BEEN FIRED. THOSE SUSPECTS FROWNED -- PRONED OUT, NOW FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS FROM TWO DIFFERENT OFFICERS FROM TWO DIFFERENT AGENCIES. JOVANA: CURT JUST CAME IN HERE AND TOLD US THAT IS A BIKE PATH THAT RUNS ALONG THE WASH. WHAT A RELIEF. I HAVE BEEN SO TENSE WATCHING THIS, IT WAS JUST SO DANGEROUS HOW FAST THEY WERE DRIVING ON THOSE ROADS, GOING AGAINST ONCOMING TRAFFIC, JUMPING ONTO SIDEWALKS, ZIGZAGGING THROUGH CARS AND AT VERY HIGH SPEEDS. I REALLY BELIEVED SOMETHING BAD -- THAT THIS WOULD END BADLY, AND, THANKFULLY, THESE GUYS SURRENDERED AND NO ONE WAS HURT. CHRIS: YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. I WAS JUST GOING TO CLARIFY, THIS IS THE VILLA METRO APARTMENT COMPLEX. THEY ARE RIGHT BEHIND THE MAIN COMPLEX. IT IS A HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEX OR HOUSING COMPLEX IN SANTA CLARITA. MARC: THAT IS WHERE THAT ENDED, AND YOU SAW THE EARLIER VIDEO, ONE OF THE SUSPECTS BAILING EARLIER THE AND DROPPED OFF FROM THE MOVING VEHICLE. THERE WAS ANOTHER POINT AT WHICH THIS CADILLAC ESCALADE IT APPEARS VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE DRIVING HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY ERRATIC AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS VEHICLE PROBABLY WEIGHING -- WHAT? ABOUT 5000 POUNDS? MAYBE MORE. CAREENING THROUGH THE STREETS, BEING PURSUED BY THE SHERIFF'S, THE HIGHWAY PATROL, AND LAPD, BUT AT LEAST TWO SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY. WE DON'T KNOW THE DISPOSITION OF THE THIRD WHO WAS DROPPED OFF PROBABLY 10 MINUTES AGO IN A
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Channel: ABC7
Views: 21,901,753
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Keywords: news, crime, los angeles, santa clarita, van nuys, auto theft, police chase, lapd, high speed chase, stolen car
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Length: 9min 35sec (575 seconds)
Published: Wed Apr 20 2022
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