1/23/25 Huntington Beach, CA – Man Steals Huntington Beach Marked Patrol Car – Police Chase – The Patrol Car Being Chased Crashed Into A Parked Car In Lakewood – Subject Runs And Hides in A Backyard Shed – K9s And Paintballs Capture Him

Huntington Beach PD was in pursuit of one of their stolen units northbound 605 Freeway from the 405 Freeway. The officer’s AR-15 was inside the stolen police car. The suspect crashed into a parked car on the sidewalk at the intersection of Claretta Avenue and Centralia Street in the city of Lakewood. The suspect did not take the officer’s AR-15 from inside the patrol car when he fled after the crash. The suspect proceeded to hide in the backyard of a residence in the 12300 block of 211th Street in Lakewood. Huntington Beach PD and Lakewood sheriff’s deputies set up a large perimeter and used K-9 units to search for the suspect. Huntington PD officers entered the backyard of the residence and shot multiple less-lethal paintball rounds into a shed where the suspect was hiding. The suspect fled and jumped the backyard into another residence in the 12300 block of Centralia Street and was taken into custody by multiple officers at 2:40 am. (The video of the suspect’s arrest is available from KNN in part 2 of this incident).