Driver held after wild police chase in Southern California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have arrested a driver who stole several cars and rammed police cruisers and other cars during an hourlong chase across Southern California. The wild chase in Los Angeles and Orange counties began about 5 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 9, 2022) with reports of a sedan speeding erratically in Anaheim. News reports captured the man abandoning that car, stealing a van, then leaving it and running into a Whittier home to take keys to a truck parked outside. The truck finally was stopped at a Hacienda Heights gas station, where sheriff’s deputies opened fire after it backed into a patrol car. The driver was pulled from the truck at gunpoint. It’s unclear whether he was hurt.