Torrance Police Pursuit: 3 Suspects Arrested

TORRANCE, CA -- Police took a third man into custody Sunday evening in a Torrance neighborhood after he and two other suspects tried to steal a car but fled after they were spotted by police.

The report that three suspects were attempting to steal a vehicle outside a store was called in just before 6 p.m., Torrance Lt. David Moreno said.

"One of our units spotted the men and they fled the scene in a getaway car," Moreno said. "That's when a short pursuit began which ended near 185th Street and Ermanita Avenue, when they crashed their getaway car."

Officers captured two of the suspects, but the third one managed to run into the neighborhood around the crash scene, he said.

Officers shut down that intersection, set up a perimeter around the neighborhood and began a search, Moreno said.

The suspect was taken into custody and the perimeter broken down as of 8:55 p.m., according to a desk officer at the Torrance police.

No suspect description was immediately available.

-- City News Service, photo via Shutterstock