SIMI VALLEY, Calif. () — Newly released body camera videos show a Simi Valley police chase that ended in a violent crash and a shooting that left a domestic violence suspect dead.
Officers responded to the 2500 block of Dusan Street around 8:15 a.m. on July 21 for a call about a domestic disturbance and assault, according to the Simi Valley Police Department.
Police learned the suspect in the incident, a 37-year-old Simi Valley resident, fled the location before officers arrived. After a preliminary investigation, police determined there was probable cause to arrest the man for domestic battery and elder abuse.
Family members told police that the suspect was reportedly armed and, before fleeing the residence, allegedly issued a warning.
“Upon leaving, said that if the police were called, he will, ‘shoot it out’ with them,” said Officer Casey Nicholson, a police spokesman.
A few hours later, at approximately 1:35 p.m., officers spotted the suspect driving near the Simi Valley Town Center. They attempted to stop him, but the suspect took off, sparking a chase, according to police.
“Those officers tried to make a traffic stop on that car, but the suspect fled and led the officers in a short pursuit that ultimately ended up back over here in this neighborhood,” Nicholson said.
The chase ended in a crash back near the 2500 block of Dusan Street, where an officer-involved shooting occurred, the department said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and no officers were injured.
Video shows a pickup truck crash in a neighborhood right before officers jump out of their vehicles and fire shots at the domestic violence suspect.
In a video from a witness in the neighborhood, a barrage of gunfire can be heard as police units speed down the street, past witnesses, and arrive at the crash scene. Officers were seen firing numerous rounds at the pickup truck.
Another video obtained by Eyewitness News shows the pickup truck speeding down the road right before the violent crash into an unoccupied police motorcycle. Police officers, who were right behind the vehicle, then jump out of their patrol units and aim their guns at the pickup truck, firing shots.
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