A robbery at a gas station sparked a car chase through the streets of Los Angeles that resulted in a crash and the death of one of the robbery suspects, police said.
The incident happened Saturday night on West Adams Boulevard, where police said a 21-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint while parked at a gas station.
The man chased the robbers as they drove away and allegedly crashed his black SUV into the back of the white sedan they were riding in, police said. The sedan crashed into a light pole at the intersection with South West View Street and two passengers jumped out of the vehicle and fired several shots at their pursuer.
Paramedics arriving at the scene pronounced the driver behind the wheel, identified by the LAPD as a man in his 30s, dead.
The robbery victim waited at the scene of the crash for officers to arrive, an LAPD spokesman said. The case is being investigated by the homicide division, but the spokesman could not say whether the robbery victim has been arrested.
