Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives are continuing to investigate a 14 Freeway pursuit which started Thursday evening in Palmdale that later ended in Santa Clarita with a deputy-involved shooting, officials said.  

Around 9:30 p.m. Thursday deputies from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station observed a vehicle that they believed was being driven by an individual who may have been under the influence of an unknown substance, said Deputy Grace Medrano, with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.  

“Based on their observation, deputies attempted to stop the car, but the vehicle fled in an attempt to evade law enforcement,” Medrano said.

After a short pursuit, deputies went into a surveillance tracking mode, where patrol deputies remain in the general area and only have the police helicopter follow the vehicle from the air, according to officials.  

As the suspect’s vehicle was fleeing, the suspect crashed into a gate at the Lockheed Martin facility and continued to drive through several chain link fences at which time the driver shot at the deputies from his moving vehicle, Medrano said. 

The suspect’s vehicle then crashed through another gate and exited the facility.

As deputies re-engaged in the pursuit, the occupants in the vehicle fired several rounds at the LASD’s helicopter. 

The suspects entered the southbound 14 Freeway towards Santa Clarita where they were seen throwing some type of white substance from the vehicle.

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Deputies deployed spike strips in an attempt to stop or disable the suspect’s vehicle. 

Once the chase entered the Santa Clarita area, deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station joined in on the pursuit. 

As a result of the deployment of the spike strips, it caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle, eventually coming to rest on the connector from the 5 Freeway to the 210 Freeway, Medrano said. 

“The driver exited the vehicle with a TEC-9 handgun; it was at this time a deputy-involved shooting occurred,” Medrano said.

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The suspect dropped the handgun, ran down the embankment, and attempted to cross the northbound lanes of the 5 Freeway, according to Sheriff’s officials.

As the suspect fled, he was struck by a passing vehicle, and deputies were able to take the suspect into custody with no further incident.

The suspect was taken to a local hospital and is listed in fair condition after the suspect sustained a single gunshot wound to the leg during the deputy-involved shooting, Medrano said.

The second suspect exited the vehicle and was taken into custody with no further incident. 

A second handgun was recovered in the suspects’ vehicle.

During the incident, a deputy who was chasing the driver on foot was struck by a vehicle on the freeway, according to Sheriff’s officials.

“He was transported to a local hospital and listed in good condition,” Medrano said.

The investigation is ongoing, and there is no additional information available at this time. 

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.  

If you wish to remain anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477). 

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