Stolen Car (Or Clown Car?) Suspect Nabbed In San Pedro After She Drives Into Cul-De-Sac
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Police on Sunday chased a stolen car suspect in South Los Angeles.
The chase began around 9:50 p.m. near Slauson, authorities said.
The suspect was driving a tiny black Fiat 500 that apparently came back listed as stolen when police ran the plates.
The driver was pursued by half a dozen LAPD cars. The suspect went south on the 110 Freeway before exiting in San Pedro.
Early on, the driver went with the flow of traffic and didn't do anything out of the ordinary. As more officers joined the chase the suspect began speeding up.
On surface streets, the suspect blew through several red lights and began driving erratically.
After a few minutes, the suspect drove into a cul-de-sac in San Pedro and dead-ended.
The suspect -- a female -- was ordered out of the vehicle and ordered to the ground. A second passenger -- also female -- got out of the vehicle.
Desmond Shaw in Sky9 said at that point it was unlikely that a third person could be in the tiny sports car.
"Unless it's a clown car," he quipped, "I think this will be the only two."
At that moment, a third person got out. The second passenger was a male.
Elsa Ramon, anchoring for KCAL9 marveled, "I was not aware that they could get that many people in that tiny car."
