Man Points Gun to Baby’s Head in Hours-Long Standoff in Lancaster
LANCASTER, Calif.—An armed man who led authorities on a high-speed pursuit, during which he allegedly fired shots at pursuing officers, was barricaded in a Lancaster mobile home park with a year-old infant.
California Highway Patrol officers began chasing the man in a white Kia SUV around 11:45 p.m. Dec. 20 as he drove at speeds topping 130 mph, officer Patrick Kimball told City News Service.
Sgt. Alejandro Rubio of the agency told reporters that during the chase, which traveled on multiple freeways and surface streets in the Palmdale and Lancaster areas, the suspect called the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and said he had a gun and a child in the vehicle, and he threatened to shoot at pursuing officers if they didn’t break away from the pursuit….