A chase suspect decided to call 911 instead of surrendering to officers during a confrontation on the 118 Freeway Thursday night.
The strange interaction occurred around 6:45 p.m. after the suspect drove away from a burglary in the Porter Ranch area of ​​the San Fernando Valley. Los Angeles Police Department officers pursued the suspect until he entered the CA-118 Freeway, at which point the California Highway Patrol took control of the pursuit.
He continued to push officers away until he drove into the ditch. Officers got out of their cars with their weapons drawn as they waited for the suspect to surrender. He eventually got out of the silver Hyundai Sonata, but appeared to ignore officers’ commands as he reached for his phone.
After a moment, he raised his hand toward the officers, as if telling them to wait while appearing to talk on the phone. The suspect then walked away from the officers while still holding the phone to his head.
Officers got out of their cars and walked over to the suspect, arresting him without further incident.
Investigators said officers arrested the suspect’s accomplices after a burglary in the 18900 block of Granada Circle. When officers arrived, they attempted to pull over a car that matched the descriptions of the suspects’ getaway vehicles. The driver refused to stop, leading to a brief chase. The Mercedes-Benz crashed before five suspects jumped out of the car. Officers arrested two people immediately after the crash.
After searching the neighborhood, police arrested two more suspects.
During the manhunt, the final suspect broke through the perimeter set up by officers and the chase into Simi Valley began.
