Most L.A. car pursue ever! Hollywood Boulevard comes to standstill as suspects flee cops in convertible and do donuts before stopping for SELFIES – cheered on by celebrities and people on social media
By Chris Pleasance For Dailymail.com 00:23 BST eight Apr 2016, updated 02:04 BST nine Apr two thousand sixteen
- Los Angeles was captivated on Thursday after two dudes in a Ford Mustang convertible led police on a bizarre pursue
- Officers were originally called to reports of a burglary before tailing the guys for an hour and a half across Hollywood
- The dudes showboated for news cameras, pulling donuts, dancing in their seats and pumping their knuckles in the air
- Thousands of onlookers live-tweeted the pursue, with the likes of model Chrissy Teigen even getting in on the act
- Pursuit only ended when pair pulled over of their own accord to take selfies and hug fans as cops caught up
Two burglary suspects led police on a accurately modern car pursue in Los Angeles on Thursday that included donuts for the TV cameras in Hollywood and thousands of people live-tweeting the pursuit which ended with high-fives and selfies.
The two studs raced along the rain-slicked roads of Hollywood Hills for an hour and a half while the entire event was broadcast live from news helicopters, with some comparing it to the infamous one thousand nine hundred ninety four white Bronco pursue involving OJ Simpson.
Deputies identified them on Thursday night as Isaiah Youthful, Nineteen, the passenger, and Herschel Reynolds, 20, the driver.
Dennis Zine, a former L.A. City Councilman and 47-year veteran of the LAPD and its reserve unit, told the LA Times: ‘In all my years of observing pursues that is one of top ten most bizarre pursuits in L.A.
‘The high-fives at the end were ridiculous. It was ten minutes before the sheriffs pulled up to make the arrests.’
The pursue ended around Three.30pm when the Youthfull and Reynolds parked up outside a property on 51st and Central Avenue where they were met like returning folk heroes by a crowd.
Hugging them and posing for selfies, it emerged afterwards that both the studs actually live in the neighborhood and were coming home before their inescapable arrest.
‘Why they come on this street?’ said Darriel Harris, a neighbor to NBC Los Angeles. ‘They stay on this street. Come home to his momma. Both of them did.’
And despite the apparent party atmosphere, friends and neighbors said they were worried about the boys’s safety, despite police backing off claiming they could see the suspects and dreamed a safe arrest.
‘I asked them when police got here, do not fight back,’ said Narvie Lee Richmond, another neighbor. ‘Do not cause any problems. Permit them to arrest them. Take them to the station. Let the legal system work out . didn’t want to see youthfull black studs getting killed.’
Youthful is being held on $80,000 bail and driver Reynolds on $50,000 bail – with no court date set for their arraignment.