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DOWNEY, CA — A suspect who struck and injured a deputy during a traffic stop in Lakewood and then fled on foot to a Downey residential neighborhood after a brief car chase was arrested during a perimeter search Thursday.

The deputy sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital to be examined after being struck about 2 p.m., according to the Sheriff's Information Bureau.

The deputy was injured shortly after pulling over a silver Infiniti with three men inside, according to reports from the scene. One of the suspects -- believed to be the driver -- bailed out of the vehicle in the area of Columbia Way and Imperial Highway but the other two remained at the scene and were detained, the sheriff's department reported.

Deputies cordoned off the area and Special Enforcement Bureau personnel and K-9 units were brought in to assist in the door-to-door search, according to the sheriff's department.

The suspect was located about 5:35 p.m. and taken into custody, officials said.

City News Service