Overview
- Buena Park police attempted a traffic stop around 12:45 a.m., the driver fled through Orange County and Long Beach, and CHP assumed control at 1:05 a.m.
- CHP used legal intervention to stop the vehicle on southbound I-5, the driver ran into brush in the median with a handgun, and drones were deployed to locate him.
- A Buena Park K-9 officer and at least one CHP officer fired their weapons during the encounter, and authorities reported no officers were injured.
- The suspect was taken into custody at about 7:40 a.m. and transported to a hospital with major injuries, and officers recovered an unserialized ghost gun.
- Both directions of I-5 closed after a 2:30 a.m. SigAlert between Harbor Drive and Cristianitos Road, lanes reopened in stages, and all traffic lanes were cleared by late afternoon as CHP Border Division Major Crimes Unit leads the investigation.