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By Shane Croucher
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The Los Angeles Police Department said officers from the California Highway Patrol had pursued "armed and dangerous" suspects who carried out multiple carjackings, including of a big rig and pickup trucks.
Newsweek reached out to the CHP and the LAPD for comment.
The pursuit began late on Sunday night in the San Fernando Valley, ABC 7 reported, and continued into the early hours of Monday morning, as the suspects allegedly carjacked different vehicles in a chase that went through downtown Los Angeles.
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Law enforcement initially received a call of a carjacking at gunpoint in Lancaster, NBC4 reported.
The chase started with the suspects in a pickup truck, which they later ditched for a white big rig in downtown Los Angeles, according to Fox 11, and the pair then took off on the 5 Freeway near Sylmar.
They then allegedly jacked a white pickup truck and sped away in Boyle Heights, the report said. LAPD's Central Division later said on X that the suspects "appear to have carjacked another vehicle," their fourth.
There were no further updates overnight from law enforcement agencies. It was not immediately clear if the suspects were apprehended or were still at large. No details about the suspects were given.
The chase was broadcast live by local networks and followed by social media users, who were captivated by the dramatic scenes as the suspects sped through roads and jumped from vehicle to vehicle.
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LA Golf Cart Police Chase
In September 2023, police in Los Angeles chased a suspect wanted on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon who fled them in a golf cart he had seized at knifepoint.
The unusually slow police chase was streamed live on news channels as a chopper's spotlight picked out the golf cart steadily making its way along a main road at about 20 miles per hour.
As the camera zoomed in, it became apparent that the driver was barefoot, dressed only in shorts, and had a dog on his lap as several police cars with flashing lights tailed behind him.
Police officers had tried to deploy spike strips in front of the golf cart to disable it, but their attempts were unsuccessful.
The pursuit lasted around 35 minutes before the man was finally apprehended. More than a dozen officers swooped on the suspect near an intersection after he ran from the golf cart.
An officer grabbed the man's dog for safekeeping as the suspect was taken into custody.
Update 8/11/25, 11:16 a.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.
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