High-speed chase of homicide suspect ends in suicide near LAX, police say

"A suspect fleeing a homicide scene in Camarillo led authorities on a high-speed chase Saturday night before dying by suicide near Los Angeles International Airport. The suspect, whose identity had not been released Sunday morning, reached speeds exceeding 100 mph, pulled off the 405 Freeway near Imperial Highway, then stopped and sometime later took his own life, Ventura County Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Zapata said."

"The incident began shortly before noon Saturday when deputies responded to a report of a shooting in the 400 block of Walker Avenue. Deputies attempted life-saving measures on a man with gunshot wounds, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, Zapata said. The suspect was located in his vehicle and took flight, heading south on the 101 Freeway. The California Highway Patrol was preparing to take over the pursuit but lost visual contact with the fleeing vehicle, Zapata said."

Deputies responded shortly before noon Saturday to a reported shooting in the 400 block of Walker Avenue in Camarillo. Officers attempted life-saving measures on a man with gunshot wounds, who was pronounced dead at the scene. A suspect was located in a vehicle and fled, traveling south on the 101 Freeway and later on the southbound 405 Freeway, at speeds exceeding 100 mph. The suspect pulled off the 405 near Imperial Highway, stopped, and later died by suicide near Los Angeles International Airport. The California Highway Patrol lost visual contact during the pursuit. Ventura County Sheriff's investigators are handling the probe; no further information was released.

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