Manhunt & High Speed Chase Aftermath, November 24th & 25th, 2008

On November 24th an LAPD officer in pursuit of a suspect - according to KTLA - shot himself in the leg. Initially, LAPD, Santa Monica PD, and Culver City PD responded as if someone else had shot the officer. They cordoned off a huge section of Venice using probably 50 squad cars and two helicopters.

During that time, some people who had nothing to do with the crime, broke the police line and led probably 20 cars on a high speed chase North on Lincoln and then East on Ocean Park Blvd.

I caught some of this on video, and then followed the sirens and choppers to arrive at the end of the chase. According to the accident investigator, the van was probably going about 80mph when it started skidding, spun around, and crashed into a parked car.

LAist pieces together some of the initial coverage:

laist.com/2008/11/25/officer_accidentall y_shoots_himself.php