Gas station robbery leads to chase and fatal crash, police say

A gasoline station theft set off a automotive chase down Los Angeles metropolis streets that led to a crash and the demise of one of many theft suspects, police stated.

The incident unfolded Saturday night on West Adams Boulevard, the place police stated a 21-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint whereas parked at a gasoline station.

The person pursued the robbers as they drove away, and allegedly collided his black SUV into the again of their white sedan, police stated. The sedan rammed into a lightweight pole on the intersection with South West View Road, and two passengers jumped out, firing a number of photographs at their pursuer.

Paramedics arriving on the scene pronounced the motive force behind the wheel, recognized by LAPD as a person in his 30s, useless.

The theft sufferer waited on the scene of the crash for officers to reach, an LAPD spokesman stated. The case is being investigated by the murder division, however the spokesman couldn’t say if the theft sufferer was taken into custody.