CA: Manhunt Glendora CA

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[BurbankKarl]

Glendora PD was in a pursuit of a male with an AK47. Officer flipped off the 210 freeway near the 57. There is a large containment of the area with LASD SWAT, LAPD, Glendora PD and other agencies. Officer was cut out of patrol car and airlifted to hospital with critical injuries.

210 fwy shutdown in both directions, has been on KABC TV live off and on

483.0875 LASD ATAC 1

[Ladypixel]

The injured officer has a broken collarbone, but is otherwise alright. He's expected to be leaving the hospital tomorrow.

[Ladypixel]

K9 units from Monterey Park, helicopter support from Pasadena (they covered while the Sheriff's switched copters and refueled), Arcadia's Swat, Pomona's Swat, California Highway Patrol, and of course the LA County Sheriff Deputies.

Don't forget Monrovia PD! They were hanging out all evening. :)

[Brad’s Gramma]

The injured officer has a broken collarbone, but is otherwise alright.

EXCELLENT! Thanks all for the updates!!!

[kingu]

Chase ends in crash; police officer injured

By Ivy Dai and Marianne Love , Staff Writers

A city police officer was badly injured when he plowed his cruiser into the shoulder of the Foothill (210) Freeway and flipped over several times while chasing a man in a stolen car at the height of Friday night rush hour.

County fire officials used the Jaws of Life to remove officer Michael Skibar from his car and airlifted him to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.

The 27-year-old officer's injuries are not life threatening and included a broken collarbone and severe lacerations to his left arm, police said, adding he could be released from the hospital as early as today.

About 9:50 p.m., officers took a man hiding in the bushes near Louie Pompei Memorial Sports Park into custody, Sgt. Tim Staab said. He was identified as Mark George Vasquez, 32, of San Dimas.

He was being held on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and suspicion of felony evading and grand theft auto. Bail had not been set. Staab said the assault with a deadly weapon was from allegations he rammed two other motorists with his car.

The 5:20 p.m. crash brought commuter traffic to a halt in both directions for hours. The chase continued onto city streets before the suspect ditched the car at the 900 block of Essex Street and ran into a wooded area.

Westbound lanes reopened before 6 p.m., but eastbound lanes remained closed until nearly 7:30 p.m. as police set up a perimeter near where the man escaped.

Skibar was one of three police officers chasing a man driving a stolen black pickup truck, Glendora Lt. Rob Lamborghini said.

There were reports the man had an automatic weapon, Staab said.

The chase started at 5:09 p.m. at Glendora Avenue and Route 66. The man crashed into two cars on city streets and two more cars at the westbound 210 Freeway entrance on Lone Hill Avenue before getting on the freeway, Lamborghini said.

Skibar and the other officers followed him onto the freeway. He lost control of his vehicle and it overturned near the Sunflower Avenue exit, police said.

The suspect, wearing a white T-shirt and baggy shorts, got out of the car and took off on foot along a road at the edge of the wash south of the freeway near Louie Pompei Memorial Sports Park.

No houses were evacuated as of late Friday. Police set up a containment area, but could not find the suspect late into the night. Ten helicopters circled a square-mile area near the park, and six police agencies set up a command post at the Kohl's department store parking lot on Gladstone Street.

Police arrested a man on Loraine Avenue and Woodland Lane at about 7:30 p.m. in Glendora, but officials would not say whether he was connected to the pursuit or not.

Glendora Chief Charles Montoya and a police chaplain went to the hospital to visit Skibar, who joined the department in 2002.

"He's really nice. He's a hard worker, and I hope he will be OK,' Mayor Gary Clifford said.

[kingu]

FYI Ping - The SGV Tribune's report on the chase and aftermath. At the scene we overheard talk that there possibly was a driver and a passenger and the one caught on Loraine Ave was the passenger. The driver is believed to be the one described in this article.

[pollywog]

Just jumping in here today,29th, to say we are having a rash of these crazies lately in Los Angeles. Hubby just told me last night that someone was carjacked at our local Trader Joe's about 3 blocks away on Colorado in Eagle Rock!! This is just TOO close to home for me!! sigh. Glad they got the guy in Glendora. That is very close to where my son and daughter live.

[DoughtyOne]

My brother and his family live over there also, probably about ten blocks from that Trader Joes.

[SunnySide]

Southern California, wwhere they roll up the streets at night and the 3rd world night crawlers come out.

[SunnySide]

"KABC 7 is reporting it was a grand theft auto suspect."

Wonder if the perp learned knew things from the new video game Grand theft auto?

[DoughtyOne]

Not just the night any longer.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Mighty sad, isn't it?

[DoughtyOne]

Yes it is. Our current public officials have sold us out. They have also sold out all those who came before us and all those who will come after us.

I guess 1980s prosperity wasn't good enough.

[kingu]

Life flight just landed on the eastbound 210 freeway JWO Lone Hill - can't find anything about it on CAD - know anything about it?

[BurbankKarl]

I havent heard anything...

I was just shocked 4 people were stabbed at the Dodger Game...

[kingu]

Four stabbed? Gosh, it's almost like the Raiders were back in town.

Damn, always thought that Dodger Stadium was one of the few places you could still take the family - well, aside from the drunks.

[kingu]

Just came up on CAD, nearly an hour late...

9:14PM - 3-4 VEHS INV ALL LANES - 204 TURNING AT GRAND

No other details, must have turned serious if they landed on the freeway. Sheesh, wish they'd fix that website.

[kstewskis]

I was just shocked 4 people were stabbed at the Dodger Game...

Was that today?

What the heck is going on out there?

Last weekend, I was caught up on the Burbank to Phoenix flight, called back because of a bomb threat.

Same day, Union Station was evacuated.

The next day, and America West flight from LAX to Boston was forced to stop in Phoenix, to drop off 3 suspicious Pakistanis.

The next day, friends of mine were flying back to Phoenix...however, after boarding, they were delayed an hour, while they summoned a sky marshall onto their plane because of more "suspicious" activity.

Geez! It seems like the usual lunitic fringe of L.A. has gone into hyperdrive!

[BurbankKarl]

Apparently two guards were confronting some illegal t shirt vendors in the parking lot, and it turned into a brawl....I am guessing it wasnt the guards that had the knives.

[kingu]

Some days, I almost think a tsunami hitting the coastal areas of California would do the rest of us a lot of good. Then I remember the Navy bases and AFBs, and think that we'd need just a tiny bit of warning.

[kingu]

More details coming online...

Incident: 2908 Type: Traffic Collision - Ambulance Responding Location: EB I210 JEO S SUNFLOWER AV Zoom Map: 599 1G Info as of: 7/31/2005 10:11:21 PM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
9:55PM - DUPE - EB JWO SUNFLOWER , SEVERAL VEHS USING RS
9:49PM - 1039 ROYAL COACHES ETA 15-20 W/ FLTBED
9:46PM - 1039 FREEMANS--NO TRKS
9:44PM - CITIES NO ADDITIONAL TRUCKS PLZ ROLL NEXT W/FLTBED THX
9:43PM - PER 81-S10 ROLL 1 ADDITIONAL FLTBED FOR TOTAL OF 3
9:42PM - 81-S11 NOW 1097 SUNFLOWER ONR EB 210
9:41PM - 1039 GLENDORA PD - ENRT
9:38PM - PLZ ROLL GLENDORA PD TO SUNFLOWER ONR TO EB 210 // FOR 1184 VEHS GOING W/WAY
9:31PM - PER 204 LANES WILL BE BLKD FOR ONLY 10 MORE MINUTES
9:22PM - ALL LANES BLKD AT THIS TIME
9:21PM - 1039 CITIES ETA W/2 FLTBED - ETA 20 TO ACCESS F/SUNFLOWER
9:20PM - 1039 LACOFD TO ACCESS SUNFLOWER OP/27
9:19PM - 1039 LACOD - 2 UNCONCIOUS PTYS OP/46
9:18PM - 1039 LACOFD // PER DUP INJ INV
9:18PM - HOV,#1,2 LANES BLKD
9:14PM - 3-4 VEHS INV ALL LANES - 204 TURNING AT GRAND

Also WB 210 at Myrte had a sigalert too. Damn, bad night for the 210.