Authorities have arrested a person close to Los Angeles after a six-hour police chase via Southern California.

NBC Los Angeles reviews that the chase began at roughly 7 p.m. on February 3 following a report of a person with a gun. Police tried to tug the person over in a routine visitors cease however he refused to get out of the automobile and fled the scene.

Whereas police chases typically contain excessive speeds, the driving force of the Chevrolet Malibu drove fairly slowly all through the chase. Talking with the native media, Los Angeles Police Division Sgt. Juan Garcia mentioned authorities didn’t carry out a PIT maneuver on the automobile as a result of report of him being armed.

“Our coverage usually prohibits us from conducting a PIT maneuver on any individual we imagine is armed as a result of it places us at an obstacle after we flip that automobile round,” Garcia mentioned. “Now he’s face-to-face with us, and it’s fairly unsafe.”

Garcia added that in his 20 years with the division, he has by no means heard of one other chase stretching on for six hours. It will definitely got here to an finish close to Ontario, California.

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NBC Los Angeles notes that the automobile misplaced its entrance left tire at across the four-hour mark however not even that stopped the driving force. For 2 extra hours, he drove slowly down a handful of freeways close to Los Angeles and solely determined to cease when the entrance left wheel fell off fully, leaving the automobile resting on its hub.

The person , who has two excellent warrants for housebreaking, finally surrendered and was arrested on suspicion of felony evading.