A dramatic police chase ended in gunfire and bloodshed on Friday. And it was all caught on tape by local Los Angeles television stations that aired the pursuit without a tape delay.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies found themselves in a tense standoff with a bank robbery suspect who refused to give himself up. As a news anchor explained what was going on to the station’s audience, police opened fire on the suspect’s vehicle, killing him while the cameras rolled. The unidentified male suspect reportedly fired at officers first after pretending to surrender.
Watch the dramatic video via LiveLeak below (Warning! Graphic Content):
Less than two months ago, Fox News covered a high speed car chase where police eventually cornered a suspect, seemingly bringing the standoff to an end. However, instead of surrendering, the man committed suicide on live television. The graphic and close-up footage of the suicide shocked many viewers, forcing Fox News to issue an apology for airing the footage.
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WatchingThePuppetShow
Nov. 10, 2012 at 7:28pmOne less state supported dependent.
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TT1488
Nov. 10, 2012 at 2:53pmcops shoot first and ask questions later. Disgusting.
http://www.b14usa.org/forum
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erroneous
Nov. 10, 2012 at 3:11pmyou’re disgusting for making that assumption. you can clearly see glass spray outward from the passenger side corner of the windshield and a cop taking cover. That is when everyone else started firing.
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cgnick
Nov. 10, 2012 at 7:30pmIt definitely looks like the suspect fired first. I say job well done by the police in this case.
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WINNEBAGOMAN
Nov. 10, 2012 at 2:06pmGood guys win again!
The brave men and women who brought this criminal to justice went home tonight. That man made his own decision to scourge society. He could have decided to surrender and take the justice system. He instead CHOSE to try and kill someone’s father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, or friend. His choice. Sadly… His choice.
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Jake_Green
Nov. 10, 2012 at 12:33pmSurpised the media didn’t jump in with something like, “We have learned that the armed suspect’s may be a member of the Tea Party.”
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Electacon
Nov. 10, 2012 at 12:15amI live less than 4 miles from where this happened. A few years ago I lived just 2 blocks from this sight. Had the robber any brains he would have just drove a block north and would have found nothing but desert to drive through and the cruisers would have had a tough time following him. Good thing the sheriffs out here have Expeditions just for such occasions. Heck a month after I moved to Lancaster a women somehow managed to get out of the back seat of the Expedition while the deputy was busy and take his Expedition for a joyride around town.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/AGONIZING+PURSUIT+MOM+IN+CUSTODY+CASE+LEADS+CHASE.-a0142800816
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rickc34
Nov. 10, 2012 at 12:27amIt is Obama’s fault. This economy drove him to a life of crime. Obama is looking to get Romney to tell him what to do . If I were Romney I woud tell him to go to H_ll.
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LIBSALWAYSLIE
Nov. 10, 2012 at 5:45amThis dirtbag wont be repeating this crime again
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rl
Nov. 9, 2012 at 11:24pmDramatic Police Standoff Captured on Live TV Ends With a Barrage of Gunfire and Dead Robbery Suspect
GOOD….
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sasquatch08
Nov. 10, 2012 at 6:31amMy thoughts exactly.
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Balpit
Nov. 10, 2012 at 4:07pmUndoubtedly preferable to a dead cop.
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GoodStuff
Nov. 9, 2012 at 11:14pmMaybe an Obama voter that was laid off since election day.
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ClaudeRains
Nov. 9, 2012 at 10:38pmA dead bank robber is a good bank robber.
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JACKTHETOAD
Nov. 9, 2012 at 9:47pmIt’s a shame more chases don’t end that way. Actually, it’s a shame all chases don’t end that way.
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blazingaway
Nov. 9, 2012 at 9:32pmif the race wasn’t reported we know it was another race other than white
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Uechi
Nov. 9, 2012 at 8:58pmWhat a waste of good ammo. Could we use a basebal obat the next time? One less piece of inbred crap in world.!
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Blitz
Nov. 9, 2012 at 8:27pmSome people rather die than go to prison. See not all obama voters want gay marrage.
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KeithOlberdink
Nov. 9, 2012 at 7:35pmHAHAHA! One less Gaybama supporter. Good job Boys
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fiveft15
Nov. 9, 2012 at 7:28pmGood thing, guy saved the state a ton of money that would have been paid to a useless judicial system and parasite attorneys defending him.
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meisterman41
Nov. 9, 2012 at 8:15pmFIVEFT15, Not so fast. Law suits against the cops for exessive force. Plus waste of bulletts! Endangering the public? Gloria Allred? Obama in office? ACLU? We’re Doomed!!!!!!!!!!!
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MrKnowItAll
Nov. 9, 2012 at 6:52pmCops won’t be able to kill anyone if they steal $250,000 or more. First they must pay taxes.
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starman70
Nov. 9, 2012 at 7:34pmROFALMAO!!!!
Best comment of the day!
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WINNEBAGOMAN
Nov. 10, 2012 at 2:19pmYes! Yes! Yes!
You win!!!! LOL!!!
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geminimoon
Nov. 9, 2012 at 6:46pm“Warning! Graphic Content”
Watched the video a couple of times and still missed the graphic content. Granted, I haven’t watched TV in years so maybe guns being fired at a vehicle is considered graphic content this day in age…
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geminimoon
Nov. 9, 2012 at 7:00pmWait, maybe the “Warning! Graphic Content” warning was referring to this website and the absolutely worst commenting section on the entire internet. Your choices are Post & Report Post.
No chance to edit, like or dislike anything here, and some articles the posts aren’t even listed by time, just a scrambled mess of comments that can’t even properly be filtered by newest to oldest, even though there is a button to do that it usually does nothing.
With all the money Beck rakes in you’d think he’d at least figure out a way to make a decent comment section on this advertisement and information site…
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starman70
Nov. 9, 2012 at 7:45pm@GEMINIMOON
Hey, you just got to post your comment. Like or dislike is available to you whenever you post your comments. You can either agree or disagree with any story or a comment made by another user. On this site there is still FREEDOM OF SPEECH as long as you don’t use degrading names referring to ethnicity or religious slang names. Whether other readers agree with you or not is up to them and many will let you know how they feel. On the BLAZE, we are free to speak our minds.
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donaldchar
Nov. 9, 2012 at 6:43pmp.s. WHAT graphic content? Whoever labels this Graphic has been doing a Rip Van Winkle…
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donaldchar
Nov. 9, 2012 at 6:40pmSad that FOX was “forced” to wimp out. This was a tame event in contrast to TV’s usual evening fare. More of these being televised from time-to-time might serve to give wannabe crooks a sobering forethought. Capital Punishment was a significant deterrent for many and needs to be intelligently brought back.
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starman70
Nov. 9, 2012 at 8:20pmThere are more people “Killed” on TV on all 4 networks, no less than the plethora of cable channels, than are killed by police in 6 months. By the way the GRAPHIC part is left to the imagination as all you realy see is the shattering of lots of glass. If you picture yourself in that car, then you can call it graphic.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Nov. 9, 2012 at 6:23pmAnother ghetto rat, driving an SUV with chrome, stage-coach, wagon wheels. I don’t understand the coolness of such large wheels and the desire to lower the car at the same time.
When the police have you surrounded and tell you to give up, it’s nobody’s fault if you fire your weapon and not expect to get killed.
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James Wieck
Nov. 9, 2012 at 6:22pmThis happened down the street from my house. This is a normal, middle class residential neighborhood. I tell my family to always lock the front door when they are home. Imagine if this guy had been able to exit his vehicle and run inside that house. If anyone was home, we would have a hostage situation or worse.
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FatManChew
Nov. 9, 2012 at 6:44pmSo families take their kids to the theaters to watch violent movies but this is too violent for TV viewers?
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meisterman41
Nov. 9, 2012 at 6:07pmLook at the lower passenger side of the wind shield at the start of the shooting. You will see the glass blowing outwards, which to me clearly shows the first shot WAS fired from inside the SUV.
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mlimberg
Nov. 9, 2012 at 6:40pmExactly… suicide by cop….. expect to see this happen more and more…… Who is John Galt?
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chips1
Nov. 9, 2012 at 5:52pmAll week it’s been one bad thing after another. About time we got something good out of it.
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JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Nov. 9, 2012 at 5:46pmMore of these endings should be televised so our young people can see that there is nothing romantic or heroic to lawlessness.
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Walkabout
Nov. 9, 2012 at 6:42pmYup
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Walkabout
Nov. 9, 2012 at 6:43pmI like to add to my comment. young people need to see cause & effect, real life case & effect & not the Hollywood version or what politicians say it is.
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Ilikepeople
Nov. 9, 2012 at 5:41pmThe robbery suspect was dead even before he robbed. Now his body just matches his soul.
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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Nov. 9, 2012 at 5:40pmExecution in California! They are so broke the standing order is to skip the trail and go directly to DEAD
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superchaos
Nov. 9, 2012 at 5:50pmThe bank robber was a big sissy! He had a gun and got caught. He didn’t want to go to prison but couldn’t man up and shoot himself. So, he made the police shoot him.
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desert buckeye
Nov. 9, 2012 at 7:39pmFunny! Thanks!
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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Nov. 10, 2012 at 9:44amHeck, I dont care about the robber. He should have offed him self years ago.
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