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Video: Carjack suspect arrested after wild police chase [updated]

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PALMDALE – A shirtless man was taken into custody after he allegedly carjacked a man at gunpoint in east Palmdale and then led deputies on a wild chase while firing at them, authorities said.

The suspect was arrested near 20th Street East and Palmdale Boulevard after he crashed a stolen 2012 Chevy Camaro into a curb and was boxed in by deputies. The carjacking was reported around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at an apartment complex in the 38200 block of 20th Street East.

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The victim spoke to reporters at the scene but asked to remain anonymous. He said he was at the apartment complex’s entrance gate when a man jumped over the wall, pressed a gun against his cheek and ordered him out of the vehicle. The gunman rammed a gate as he was fleeing the scene in the vehicle, according to the victim.

“I heard two shots fired,” the victim said, adding that he was not sure if the gunman was firing at him or firing into the air.

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Responding deputies spotted the stolen Camaro near Avenue Q and 17th Street East, according to a Palmdale Sheriff’s Station crime broadcast.

“A short pursuit ensued between the suspect and our deputies,” said sheriff’s Sgt. Marc Mrakich. “During the pursuit the suspect fired several rounds at the deputies but did not hit anyone.”

Mrakich said the deputies did not return fire.

The victim said he witnessed a portion of the police pursuit.

“As I was making the report with the officer, [the suspect] actually came back my way while being chased by police and fired another shot,” the victim said.

The police chase ended near 20th Street East and Palmdale Boulevard, according to Lt. Frank Quichocho of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station.

“As the vehicle went northbound on 20th Street East, right before Palmdale Boulevard, the vehicle was disabled and crashed into the northwest corner of Palmdale Boulevard and 20th Street East, at which time deputies approached the vehicle,” Quichocho said. The suspect was initially uncooperative, but he eventually gave up and was taken into custody, according to the lieutenant.

“The suspect was not injured and deputies were not injured as a result of the take down,” Lt. Quichocho said.

The suspect’s name was not immediately released Wednesday morning. The incident was being handled by the Operation Safe Streets gang unit, said Lt. Johnson of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station.

The intersection at 20th Street East and Palmdale Boulevard was closed until approximately 5 a.m. Wednesday to allow for the investigation, sheriff’s officials said.

[City News Service contributed to this report.]

UPDATE: SUSPECT NAMED, INCIDENT APPEARS GANG-RELATED

In a news release issued by LASD Wednesday evening, the suspect was identified as 20-year-old Jose Felix Palacios of Palmdale, a known gang member. As deputies initiated a vehicle pursuit, Palacios allegedly “fired gunshots at a couple of people standing in front of their residence,” the news release states. The news release did not address whether or not Palacios fired at pursuing deputies. Read the news release below:

On Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Palmdale Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to an emergent, 9-1-1 call of a carjacking at gunpoint that had just occurred in the 38000 block of 20th Street East, Palmdale.

As deputies responded, a second, emergent call of an assault with a deadly weapon (gun) at the intersection of Glenbush Avenue and East Avenue Q-4, Palmdale, was received. The suspect vehicle description of both calls were very similar: a yellow, Chevrolet Camaro coupe.

Deputies quickly spotted the suspect speeding south on 20th Street East and Avenue Q-11 in a yellow, Chevrolet Camaro coupe and, as they initiated a vehicle pursuit, the suspect fired gunshots at a couple of people standing in front of their residence.

In an active attempt to stop the armed suspect from harming innocent bystanders through his erratic and dangerous driving of a stolen vehicle within the community, deputy personnel rammed the vehicle.

Deputies repeatedly gave several verbal commands to gain the compliance of the suspect, however the suspect refused to cooperate. Instead, the suspect quickly accelerated the vehicle forward onto the sidewalk, before reversing it onto the street. It was at this time that the deputies were forced to ram the suspect vehicle from behind, successfully boxing it in, pinning it against the sidewalk.

Deputies continued to repeatedly order the suspect to stop and to exit the vehicle, but the suspect refused. Less than lethal weapons were deployed toward the vehicle, at which time, the suspect surrendered.

The suspect was not injured, however he was transported to a local hospital for medical clearance for booking.

Deputies were treated for minor injuries.

The victim of the carjacking and the two victims of the assault with a deadly weapon were not injured.

A loaded semi-automatic pistol was recovered inside the vehicle.

The suspect, 20-year-old Jose Felix Palacios, a male Hispanic and resident of Palmdale, is a known gang member. He faces charges of shooting at an occupied vehicle, robbery, and carjacking. He was booked at Palmdale Station and is being held in lieu of $310,000 bail.

The incident appears to be gang related.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Palmdale Station, Operation Safe Streets Detective Delia at (661) 272-2400

 

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43 comments for "Video: Carjack suspect arrested after wild police chase [updated]"

  1. bottom line, you act like an idiot you get treated like one… I see a bunch of people out here up to no good acting like fools, and I cant help but wonder what in the world are they thinking, simply stupid ignorant mentality. I am sure police officers run out of patience real quick. I guess not every one is blessed with common sense.

    • If I got to shoot everyone I thought was “acting like an idiot” the world would be mostly depopulated.

  3. it’s because he wasn’t black that’s y they didin shoot him [removed] the police they can [removed]
    somebody tell me when the last time you heard of a white male being shot by the police and killed

    • The old guy out in Littlerock that they shot in his bead comes to mind.

      While I’m glad the racial angle got the feds involved, our local police problem is more of an arrogance and entitlement problem than a racial problem. They just operate as if they are completely above the law rather than enforcing it. And unfortunately in this valley when it gets portrayed as a racial problem half the white people (and almost all the white people with money) immediately say “well, as long as they are only targeting brown people what the heck, let them do whatever they want” so chances of getting any reforms done dwindle to near zero.

    • Darnell Someone posted this last week I copied ……Shay come on they dint shoot him because it was his lucky day it don’t matter what color you are if you mess up you know what might happen. Did you see the guy on TV last night who barricaded himself in restaurant after a police chase he wasn’t black and he got killed its not the color it you actions that get them shoot. The sad thing and no offense to anyone Minorities commit more crimes and that’s why you think that way. But if you where wearing a badge you would see things different you don’t see the color you see on how to keep yourself alive criminals wont think twice on taking you to the grave.

  4. No one cant leave the AV there isnt other place in California that will put up with such a large community of welfare SSI and low income Housing or crime or anything else toxic why would any one want to leave a community dump where the thugs run a muck. The people who say I hate the AV is really the biggest supporters here why leave a place that really accepts and tolerates such vile here in the AV.

  5. They didn’t shoot him because they weren’t sure of his Race..they knew he wasn’t black so the gave him a chance..let him have been a black male shooting at cop or bystanders and this story would have a different ending.

    • This may be true of most police departments. But the LA County sheriff’s dept (Both Palmdale and Lancaster) are very professional. I spent years as a reporter and covered numerous police confrontations. The Deputies always maintained their cool.

      We are extremely lucky in the AV to have top quality law enforcement.

      • Your right James P. Biddle, they are among the best in the nation. I cannot find any incidents on record where AV LACSD deputies have shot and killed an unarmed person. My brother in law is a 25 year veteran of the department out of Santa Clarita.
        I regret you feel that way, Shay, and its probably with good reason. I pray for our Law Enforcement agencies across this nation.

        • This is a result of the sheriff’s department having a ridiculous definition of “armed,” and a demonstrable willingness to support their brother officers.

          Old man in his bed reaching for glasses…gun in the room, he’s armed.

          Guy carrying a length of pipe…best way to disarm him is shoot him, of course.

          Woman shoplifter runs into fast food restaurant and grabs plastic knife from salad bar. Nine deputies in pursuit open fire shooting her seventeen times. That’s appropriate.

          Saying this bunch of bozos are “among the best in the nation,” if it were true, would be such a horrific statement on law enforcement in general as to be beyond contemplating.

    • Shay come on they dint shoot him because it was his lucky day it don’t matter what color you are if you mess up you know what might happen. Did you see the guy on TV last night who barricaded himself in restaurant after a police chase he wasn’t black and he got killed its not the color it you actions that get them shoot. The sad thing and no offense to anyone Minorities commit more crimes and that’s why you think that way. But if you where wearing a badge you would see things different you don’t see the color you see on how to keep yourself alive criminals wont think twice on taking you to the grave.

  6. All of you guys sound so ridiculous. You hate the sheriffs, they are all terrible in your puny little biased brains. I hope you never need their help. Everyone knows Tim Scott hates them with all his leftist propaganda. If he had his way there would be no law enforcement at all just anarchy. That’s the liberals idea of utopia.

    • The number of errors in this comment is startling, but hilarious.

      What does “leftist propaganda” have to do with anything?

      I have stated before, and will state once again just for Robert here, I am looking for REFORMS not disbanding of law enforcement. I do favor Palmdale getting its own PD, since contracting with the LACSD is not cheap, by any means, and since they are among the worst law enforcement organizations in the country there is really no reason to keep them.

      I have never heard that liberals favor no law enforcement, ever, anywhere. Robert, could you provide a source for this seemingly wild supposition that you were apparently using as a suppository before you whipped it out?

      Of course the “puny brain” nonsense is just pure nastiness intended to build your relative credibility, or perhaps your ego. How’s that working out for ya?

      • Actually Tim the number of errors in your comment is startling, but hilarious! You have NEVER mentioned reforms Tim, NEVER. Nothing too nasty can come out of your mind, and there is nothing credible about your comments. That’s all you do is throw out your wild suppositions, you know, that suppository that you whip out on a daily basis. Now watch, your other bigot pal will show up out of nowhere with his wild suppositions.

        • Claire,, you have no room to talk.

          Everything you just wrote applies doubly to you in all your past comments and replies.

          Thank you for summing it about yourself. I’ve mentioned your ridiculous and wildly speculative ” ‘Secular liberalism’ undermining the country”comment several times already, yet you persist. That wasn’t the only instance of you making stuff up.

          Do I have to copy and paste some of your previous comments for all to see? It’s getting old with you.

          You just can’t help yourself. You continue to have no credibility here and likely anywhere else.

      • Having your own PD is not cheaper than contracting with the Sheriff’s Deprt.
        Retirement benefits alone would make it more exspensive than contracting with SD. Contract with SD may cost millions but built in to the contract is salary, benefits and insurance to cover litigations.

        • It doesn’t have to be cheaper. If contracting with the LACSD were cheaper that would possibly be a reason for doing it, but it actually isn’t cheaper. The contract runs right about even with the PD budget of comparable sized cities. So COST is not a major factor in this decision.

          So, the other possible reason to stick with the LACSD would be if they provide really top notch service. What they actually provide is a constant drain on the county paying off their lawsuits, a trail of dead citizens, and an “us vs them” mentality in the communities they serve that rivals Ferguson Missouri and the FPD.

          Why wait for the tinderbox to blow up? In the wake of riots everyone knows the investigation would show the same things we saw in Ferguson. Years of antagonism boiling over into open conflict between the people and the police. And someone will say “why did the city not see this coming and do something about the sheriff’s department?” The answer “well, they are the county sheriffs so the city can’t really do much” is not going to be a very impressive answer.

          • Funny any Police department don’t matter if its SD or any they will treat criminal’s like they are suppose they need to respect law enforcement period and most 98% that get killed are no Angels they have a big rap sheet so like you say us vs them against criminals. Like I said it before don’t be dumb and listen to police when if you get pulled over respect and I assure you will be fine if you committed an infraction you will be on your way in ten mts. Don’t be smart or get out of your car and run a cop will assume you are armed or are hiding something and well you know what might happen. And to all the people protesting because the cops kill a Criminal that’s not right people need stop being and supporting the criminals. Im sure a cop is not going to kill someone when they are in line at a grocery store and because they paid for what they bought.

          • Ferguson was because of liberals like you Tim. The riots were because of lies about the hands up don’t shoot. The cop was innocent of wrong doing. Even Eric Holder couldn’t prove any wrong doing by the cops. The media is extremely liberal and only print what they want for the left’s agenda even if it’s all lies. It very sad that that parents today don’t teach their children to respect and obey law enforcement. The atmosphere is to defy and disobey. Obama hasn’t helped at all in fact he has instagated more problems with race relations. most of the conflict is because of the defiant attitude of people with law enforcement.

          • Robert I Agree people like Tim stir things up And I Agree with you parent’s don’t teach there kids to respect another human being respect their elders and most of all the law what I don’t agree with you in is it don’t matter if its Osama or Obama or any body in the with house they cant do nothing to change the illiterate people it starts at home when they are a baby teach them values respect the people in politics thrive out of this kind of stuff they like it more Jobs more money to cities to fight crime and someone in politics wallet is getting fat. but people will never see that people should wake up and make a change be respectful to law enforcement. anyone who thinks a cops job is easy you should on a ride along on e day and it will change your mind people are bad out there no feelings they will kill rape with no thoughts on consequences and if a cop kills someone you really think it matters to the department they don’t care they will lock him up or find him guilty for killing a CRIMINAL don’t matter its a tough jab. And lately seems like its getting worse CRIMINALS have more rights than the law enforcement

          • Your statement “Even Eric Holder couldn’t prove any wrong doing by the cops” is a bald faced lie. The findings from the justice department investigation are available on line. The Ferguson Police Department conducted deliberate oppression for YEARS. The fact that the town eventually blew up in their faces was hardly surprising. If it hadn’t been triggered by the incident that triggered it, it would have been triggered by something else a week, or a month, or a year down the line.

            The LACSD does the same things (as the justice department’s investigations of them show) and people like you wedge your heads in the sand, much like the mayor of Ferguson who stood on camera with a riot blazing in the background and said “we have no racial tensions here.” Anyone in this town with a brain in their head should be demanding full compliance by the Sheriff with ALL the federally mandated reforms AND THEN that they study what has been done elsewhere to improve similar situations and institute those reforms WITHOUT the feds forcing them.

  8. Why the sheriff didn’t fire back when he was firing at them?
    They will kill innocent people but didnt have the guts to fire at someone that is trying to kill them?

    • Nail on the head there. Someone with a gun, deputies take cover. Someone with a towel, shoot him. Empty hands. Shoot him too.

      • That’s funny. Cops kill innocent or unarmed, they are villains. Cops REFRAIN from shooting a KNOWN ARMED suspect, and they are still villains.
        Maybe that reform you supposedly want is actually taking place. Perhaps they are refraining from the ‘shoot first get the truth later’ that so many people accuse law enforcement of. But its still not good enough that it all ended the way it did right?

        • They have federal oversight. The suspect was not firing at the officers, Joey. Running gun battles is not good policing with civilians out N about.

    • Damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Personally I think the fact that they didn’t shoot him shows that either ..
      A. The extra training they may have received due to recent negative incidents helped these deputies to decide that shooting this suspect with lethal ammo was not necessary, and would not put themselves and the community at needless risk.
      OR
      B. Not all cops are gun-slinging maniacs (as many seem to accuse them of) and these deputies were able to use common sense and the usual training to deal with the situation.

      Probably a combo of both. Not all cops are the ‘shoot first’ type, and they likely have received new guidelines and training on use of force situations.

      If you are the type of person who wants the cops to lay off killing people, then you should be happy. If you are the type that would have liked the deputies to shoot and remove this criminal from society, well blame somebody else.

      I’m sure the deputies are glad it was resolved without killing the guy, and that he is off the streets now. But they probably would like to have a way to remove him permanently without it affecting their state of mind.

  10. They should of just popped a couple caps in him and we wouldn’t have to house and feed him for the next 5 to 10 another AV loser

    • Agreed. they should do that to all the criminals. and it will make our AV nice ans safe again.

      • Freedom is privilege not a right. The punk relinquished his freedom in exchange for the right to a speedy trial. Hopefully, we won’t see this POS gang member for 20 – 30 years, or more.

      • Tim, you are absolutely ridiculous. You respond from both sides of your mouth “Nail on the head there. Someone with a gun, deputies take cover. Someone with a towel, shoot him. Empty hands. Shoot him too.” and “Because nothing says freedom quite like public executions without trials.”

        You thrive off of conflict, not fact. Is commenting on this website your full time job all of sudden. I typically don’t even read the comments anymore because I know your nonsense will be everywhere! Disgusting

      • Tim we do feel like we have no freedom here in own city is that bad enough for you to still run your mouth.we are full of criminals and we have to watch our backs every time we go out never know when we will encounter a crazy thug and then yet once we go out we think of our house getting Brocken into its a dump out here we should get all together and create a wide city neighbor hood watch and let all criminals they are being watched and no race card here don’t give a F what color they are if they are a criminal we don’t want them here.

        • Since you are who you are I didn’t bother trying to puzzle meaning out of this run on sentence. Bottom line, pack up all your “street executions would make for a good place” buddies and roll on for North Korea. You’d fit right in.

      • LOL Claire, yea im sure he is just misunderstood. my tax dollars will help him with a little room and board