Crime & Safety
405 Freeway Closed As Attempted Murder Suspect Shoots At Police
BREAKING: Police shut down both sides of the 405 Freeway at the Sepulveda Pass while chasing an attempted murder suspect.
LOS ANGELES, CA — A man believed to be an attempted murder suspect was taken into custody early Tuesday at the end of a 90-minute chase that mainly took place on the southbound 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass.
The chase began around 10:45 p.m. Monday in the Reseda area, according to Officer Mike Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Unit. At times both sides of the 405 Freeway were closed along with portions of the 10 Freeway just as crowds were leaving a Kings game at the nearby Staples Center.
The driver in the bizarre chase, which varied from low to high speeds to complete stops, is believed to be 32-year-old Marcos Tulio Flores, whom police described as a documented gang member. Police say he was armed during the chase, and he appeared to fire in the direction of officers at least once.
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Flores is suspected of shooting and critically wounding his 36-year-old sister-in-law in the early morning hours Sunday in the 17500 block of Gilmore Street in Van Nuys, the LAPD said.
The suspect led police on an erratic chase that caused the 405 to be shut down in both directions at one point. He was finally taken into custody by SWAT officers, with the help of a police K-9, on the southbound freeway in the Sepulveda Pass area.
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There were no reports of injuries to civilians or officers in the chase, police said.
The victim in Sunday's shooting was shot in her upper body and remains hospitalized in critical condition, police said.
A motive for the shooting has not been disclosed.
The car connected to the shooting was the one police were believed to be chasing and was described as a gray 2004 Acura TL with the California license plate 7ELH285.
#LAPD News: Officers in #pursuit of Armed Attempt Murder suspect southbound 405 fwy in the Sepulveda Pass. Please stay away from the area
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