Suspect in deputy attempted murder held hostage 8 hours in Beverly Hills

A suspect wanted for the attempted murder of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy held a female rideshare passenger hostage for approximately eight hours during an armed standoff with police in a Beverly Hills neighborhood on Sunday.

The incident began around 3 a.m. in the unincorporated Lennox area near Inglewood, where deputies conducted a traffic stop on a gray Ford pickup truck at the intersection of Hawthorne Boulevard and West 104th Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. As officers attempted to remove the driver from the vehicle, the suspect struck a deputy with the truck and fled. The deputy was treated at a hospital for minor injuries and released.

Later that afternoon, around 1:30 p.m., the Beverly Hills Police Department received an automated license plate recognition alert identifying the suspect's truck as a felony vehicle in their jurisdiction near San Vicente Boulevard and Beverly Boulevard. Officers initiated a traffic stop, but the driver refused to yield, leading to a brief pursuit. The chase ended when the truck collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Robertson Boulevard and Burton Way, according to police statements.