SAN DIEGO – A man suspected of threatening his family with a gun and vandalizing vehicles in a Linda Vista-area neighborhood today led officers on a road chase from Mission Valley to Flinn Springs before being subdued by a police dog and arrested.
Following the purported violent outburst, the 34-year-old suspect left the area in a pickup truck, SDPD Officer David O’Brien said. Minutes later, the suspect got onto Interstate 8 from Mission Center Road, crashing the truck into another vehicle on the on-ramp. A short distance away, near Texas Street, the pickup collided with a fire truck on the freeway, then continued on to the east, O’Brien said.
The pursuit ended just east of Lake Jennings, where the suspect made a failed bid to evade arrest by bailing out of the truck and fleeing on foot on the freeway. The escape attempt ended when a service dog chased him down and pulled him to the ground.
Why do they ALWAYS have to take Friars?
No cops thought to park in his way?
He'll be away from his family forever