Wild LA Chase Sees Armed Duo Steal Four Vehicles Including Big Rig And Get Away

Carjackers in California stole multiple vehicles and escaped despite heavy police presence.
The pursuit crossed several counties in Southern California before ending in downtown LA.
Police are still searching for the suspects while reviewing footage and witness statements.

Los Angeles is well acquainted with high-octane police chases, but even by SoCal standards, what unfolded late Saturday night was extraordinary. Two armed suspects went on a rolling crime spree that saw them steal multiple vehicles. That included two pickup trucks and a tanker semi truck, while leading police across counties in a pursuit that looked more like a GTA game than reality.

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Authorities say that the chase began around 11 p.m. in Lancaster, about 60 miles north of downtown LA, when the duo carjacked a Ford F-150 at gunpoint. The original victim allegedly gave chase in a different vehicle, prompting one suspect to fire at them. Nobody was hit, but the tensions only climbed higher from there.

Escalation on the freeway

The chase then went south toward LA, where the suspects drove the stolen truck into oncoming traffic on the I-5. There, they ultimately abandoned it for a far larger prize, a tanker truck that they ran into the front of. The original driver of the semi hopped out, again, at gunpoint, and the suspects drove away, says ABC 7.

Eventually, they ditched the semi near downtown and carjacked a different pickup truck. That vehicle took them to Lincoln Heights, where the chaos continued. Incredibly, the suspects managed to slip away after carjacking a black sedan. Authorities say they vanished before officers could close in.

Manhunt underway

As of this writing, both suspects are still at large, and officers haven’t made any arrests. Police are now combing through surveillance footage and witness statements in hopes of tracking the pair down. Notably, this is exactly the kind of detective work that California police have proven they have a knack for.

In the last few months, we’ve reported on several cases where CHP officers track a speeder, identify them via various means, and ultimately catch up with them once they’ve slowed down or are at home. It’s unquestionably wild to see them fail to catch up with a couple of folks in a semi, though. No question, police in other states would’ve escalated that situation to varying degrees of success.