A 16-year-old led police on a wild chase from the East Bay into San Francisco where he struck a police dog and back to the East Bay before hiding in an apartment complex where he waited hours to surrender Friday night, police said.
A police pursuit transpired across the San Francisco Bay Bridge, reaching into Richmond on Friday where the suspect was ultimately caught after a hours-long standoff.where he struck a police dog and back to the East Bay before hiding in an apartment complex where he waited hours to surrender Friday night, police said.
The pursuit began on Highway 4 in Hercules when the teen allegedly sped off rather than stop for Contra Costa sheriff's deputies who claimed he had a vehicle code violation at 3:20 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.into San Francisco by a law enforcement helicopter. The teen crashed into multiple cars as he "began driving recklessly on city streets," the CHP said.
Officers from the California Highway Patrol thought they had the 16-year-old "boxed in" and an officer retrieved a police dog to help capture the suspect, the CHP's statement said. But the teen drove at them, striking the dog, named Champ, and another vehicle. Two people were stabbed during a brawl between San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders fans at an In-N-Out Burger in Santa Clara, police said.
As the teen allegedly sped over the Bay Bridge, ultimately abandoning his car in Richmond's Booker T. Anderson Park and hiding in a nearby apartment complex for hours, Champ the police dog, was rushed to a veterinarian for emergency care. The teen, whose name has not been released because of his age, surrendered after 9 p.m. when officers announced over loudspeakers that they would begin entering apartment units to find him, according to the CHP.Champ, a California Highway Patrol dog, was allegedly injured by a teen fleeing police in San Francisco on Aug. 25, 2023. In this photo, he is recovering on the day after he was struck.
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