Arrest made: Stolen box truck suspect taken into custody following wild chase in Malibu area

you might have seen the police pursuit of a box truck earlier this afternoon on Eyewitness News and our streaming Channel we didn't know how it ended due to the weather but it did end in vur with the arrest of the suspect who allegedly stole a Lowe's boach truck he didn't surrender peacefully tear gas was used he tried to take off running but eventually he was taken into custody now early on in this pursuit in Pacific Palisades uh the decision was made to move to tracking mode because the pursui

t became too dangerous the suspect had driven that box truck into oncoming traffic and then back on to the Northbound side of PCH then up in Oxnard the truck hit some traffic CHP officers appeared to have re-engaged the pursuit and the suspect then became more erratic and dangerous once again he freed himself from this congestion by driving into the median and then into oncoming traffic eventually he would end up on the southbound side of the 101 and that's where new in Newberry Park the aggress

ive driving had real consequences the suspect in the Box Truck cut off another box box truck ripped off a mirror and you can see the front bumper so the second driver followed the first driver trying to get him to stop at one point the driver who was hit got in front of the suspect tried to slow him down the suspect then rammed him both trucks eventually started weaving across the freeway like a scene out of the movie before eventually the suspect left the freeway to escape that second driver af

ter he left the freeway he ended up on the Northbound side again headed back to Ventura where you saw a few moments ago he was eventually arrested hello I'm Mark Brown get more great ABC7 content by clicking the Subscribe button for our YouTube channel and download the ABC7 Los Angeles streaming app on Fire TV Android TV Apple TV and Roku to watch on your TV