[NosferaDrew]

L.A. has some pretty incredibly news coverage sometimes.

It began like one of a million police pursuits.
The suspect was supposedly involved in two armed robberies, fled in a SUV, managed to run over a spike-strip and finally tried to blow through an intersection and smashed into another vehicle.


He jumped out of the crashed SUV, appeared to pull out a gun and got capped by a policeman.


Then the news helicopter quickly zoomed out after the cop shot six times at the suspect.


In the footage that I got from my EyeTV you can see sparks underneath the guy as he gets shot.

Just another crazy news day in L.A.

[Wrao]

Anyone remember that car chase few years back where the driver blew his head off and the car veered off the road and crashed killing his dog? All caught on the live newscopter.

[alcimedes]

Good lord.

Word to the wise, don't pull a gun on cops who've been chasing you after robbing someone. You won't win.

[Bean]

Originally Posted by Wrao Anyone remember that car chase few years back where the driver blew his head off and the car veered off the road and crashed killing his dog? All caught on the live newscopter.

I remember that one. He was protesting his HMO wasn't he???

Remember the one where the guy on the motorcycle is coming down the off ramp, and smashes into the bus at 40+MPH.

Here in L.A. we get these chases at least two to three times a week.

[murbot]

And if you get pulled over and don't cooperate, a passerby might put 4 into your chest before corking you in the forehead for good measure.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2343136.html

[Windowsrookie]

people sure like money and cars in L>A>

[Bean]

Originally Posted by windowsrookie people sure like money and cars in L>A>

Speaking of money and cars...
A man crashes his $1,000,000 Ferrari Enzo while racing a Mercedes Benz on Pacific Coast Highway.

The guy actually split his car in half.

[billybobsky]

Originally Posted by murbot And if you get pulled over and don't cooperate, a passerby might put 4 into your chest before corking you in the forehead for good measure. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2343136.html

Holy shit.

[NosferaDrew]

Originally Posted by Bean Speaking of money and cars... A man crashes his $1,000,000 Ferrari Enzo while racing a Mercedes Benz on Pacific Coast Highway. The guy actually split his car in half.

Yikes!
That poor Ferrari.

[Dave]

On the plus side, according to the video, there were two people in that car who both walked away with nothing more than a couple minor scratches after an accident at 200MPH.

[AWR]

Originally Posted by murbot And if you get pulled over and don't cooperate, a passerby might put 4 into your chest before corking you in the forehead for good measure. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2343136.html

That'll learn you in a hurry.

24 year old businessman who owns an audio shop in the hood driving a black S550 Merc...

Must've been a tough SOB though, seeing that he took four shots from a .45 in the chest and was still holding on.

I guess it's no laughing matter, but the insanity of it all is just too much for me at the moment.

[ghoti]

Update on the split Ferrari. Looks like somebody's in trouble:

At the time, Eriksson told police the driver was a German man named Dietrich who fled the scene and was not found despite a three-hour search. Police are understandably very keen to talk to the alleged driver. Just after the crash, police said they were taking Eriksson at his word that he was the passenger. However, they pointed out that Eriksson had a bloody lip and blood was found only on the driver's airbag, not the passenger-side bag. He was found to have a blood alcohol level above the limit allowed to drivers by California law.

In addition, the car wasn't even licensed to be driven in California. And they found a gun clip near the site of the crash ...

[AWR]

Another update: What a Tool.

Man in L.A. Ferrari Crash Is Arrested

Monday April 10, 2006 4:46 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Swedish video game entrepreneur involved in the 162-mph crash of a Ferrari has been arrested, accused of grand theft for an unauthorized collection of exotic cars, authorities said.

Detectives concluded that the wrecked Enzo Ferrari - one of only 400 made - along with a Mercedes and another Enzo Ferrari in Stefan Eriksson's collection were actually owned by British financial institutions, said Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.

Eriksson apparently brought the cars to Los Angeles when he moved from Britain last year, but the financial institutions that held the titles said his payments had lapsed. Authorities have said the $600,000 Mercedes had been reported stolen to London's Scotland Yard. The Ferrari was worth more than $1 million.

All three cars have been confiscated, and Eriksson, 44, was arrested at his Bel-Air home Saturday, Whitmore said.

He is being held without bail because U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put a hold him, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

The Ferrari crash spun into a web of mystery when Eriksson told authorities he was only a passenger in the car and that the driver was a German acquaintance he knew only as Dietrich. He said Dietrich ran into the hills, but a search by deputies turned up no one.

Officials have questioned Eriksson's story, noting that only the driver's side air bag had blood on it and Eriksson had a cut lip. The front of the red Ferrari crumpled when it slammed into a poll on the Pacific Coast Highway on Feb. 21.

Eriksson was an executive with Gizmondo, a European video game company that filed for bankruptcy.