An armed robbery suspect led police on a high-speed pursuit Sunday evening from South Los Angeles to Fountain Valley, authorities said.
It started about 10:15 p.m. at Hoover Street and Florence Avenue when officers checked the license plate of the black Chevy Silverado pickup truck and found it was involved in an armed robbery, said Sgt. Cory Meisner of the Los Angeles Police Department’s 77th Street Station.
The suspect, with a passenger in the truck, drove southbound on Hoover Street to the Glen Anderson (105) Freeway, eastbound to Studebaker Road in Norwalk, westbound in eastbound lanes on Imperial Highway through Downey then he turned eastbound again via Bellflower Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue to the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway, according to police. He then turned southbound on the San Diego (405) Freeway and got off at Brookhurst Street, abandoning the truck at the Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center where he gave up in the parking lot.
The status of the passenger was not available, Meisner said. It was a high-speed pursuit with speeds reported at 90 mph.
