MONTEBELLO, Calif. (AP) — A gunman leading police on a wild chase east of Los Angeles smashed into cars, veered into oncoming traffic, stole a vehicle at gunpoint and ran down a crowded street before officers shot and wounded him.
Authorities opened fire as the man appeared to be trying to steal another car, police spokeswoman Rosario Herrera said. Officers handcuffed the wounded suspect, and he was taken to a hospital in an ambulance, she said.
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Driver Martha Duron said she was fine after her car was sideswiped, but it could easily have been different.
“If he would’ve hit me hard, in the front, I would’ve been gone,” she told KCAL-TV. “He was going so fast.”
