A woman suspected in a Hollywood hit-and-run led police on a slow-speed pursuit Friday that ended with SWAT officers pulling her from a pickup truck after a nearly 2 1/2-hour standoff outside a home in Studio City.
The incident began with a 9:30 a.m. report of a hit-and-run at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Kevin Terzes.
FOX 11 reported the woman struck a man with the stolen pickup truck, but he declined to be taken to a hospital.
The woman also struck another vehicle and a fire hydrant, Officer Charles Miller said.
The pursuit wound over canyon roads to Coldwater Canyon, where spike strips flattened the truck’s two front tires. The vehicle eventually came to a stop in front of homes around 10:13 a.m., with the front of the truck blocked by a hedge and police vehicles wedging it in place from behind.
Officers pointed less-than-lethal weapons and handguns at the truck and used bean bags in an attempt to shoot out the heavily tinted windows.
At 10:42 a.m., a woman wearing a pink T-shirt briefly exited the truck before getting back inside.
Both directions of Coldwater Canyon were closed in the area during the standoff.
The LAPD SWAT team arrived at around noon and boxed in the pickup with armored trucks. An officer was seen speaking to the woman several times over a megaphone.
At 12:22 p.m., officers broke the rear and driver’s side windows using a long pole and deployed non-lethal gas into the cab three times.
After the third deployment, at 12:38 p.m., the woman opened the passenger-side door. SWAT officers rushed in, pulled her out and took her into custody.
