Multiple agencies are in a high-speed pursuit of a third stolen vehicle in Ventura County Wednesday afternoon.The Los Angeles Police Department is chasing a stolen vehicle suspect through the San Fernando Valley Wednesday afternoon.exhausting hours-long pursuitLAPD said the pursuit was initiated in the Ventura area before it continued southbound to Granada Hills and then toward Pacoima on the 118 Freeway.
The suspect then ditched the van, made a run for it at the intersection of Tampa Avenue and Rinaldi Street in Porter Ranch, and carjacked a second vehicle at a Chevron gas station. The suspect continued to travel at a high rate of speed through residential areas before he stopped at another gas station in Woodland Hills. What the suspect didn’t know was a California Highway Patrol officer was waiting for him. The suspect then swerved through the gas station and onto the sidewalk before he managed to escape and proceeded to Ventura Boulevard.A short time later, the suspect made a third vehicle swap and carjacked a van at an Arco gas station.