South Gate Police Arrests Four Gang Members with Stolen Car

This morning, at 2:00 a.m., a South Gate police officer ran the plates of a suspicious vehicle with four individuals going northbound on Long Beach Boulevard and Seville Avenue.  The officer called for backup shortly after finding out the vehicle was stolen. The officers followed the suspicious vehicle to the parking lot of  on Long Beach Boulevard and Palm Place.

“The officer pulled in behind the vehicle and the driver got out of the car,” said Captain Keith Hupp, of the South Gate Police Department (SGPD). “He started running away.”

The remaining three suspects were immediately taken into custody and a loaded handgun was found inside the stolen vehicle. The officers would then continue their intensive for the driver. 

“We set up a perimeter of containment around the area that the suspect ran in,” said Cpt. Hupp. “ We had officers on foot and also searched yard to yard.”

After around 2 hours the driver was found hiding inside a parked vehicle in a nearby residence.  All suspects are said to be gang members from East Long Angeles, and are being held for possession of a handgun and stolen car.

The SGPD estimates that there re are approximately 100 vehicles stolen in South Gate each month.  As result, the SGPD considers this to be among the largest crime problems that South Gate is currently facing, and as a result are more vigilant.

“One of our biggest problems in South Gate are stolen vehicles,” said Cpt Hupp. “So it is good when we catch one.”

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