Suspect shot and killed by police on Live TV

	Suspect shot and killed by police on Live TV SAN DIEGO, California (CA) - A police chase began with a routine traffic stop for an expired car tag. It ended three hours later after a terrifying 200-mile freeway chase through Southern California that was broadcast live on TV. The unidentified motorist, who led police on at least four different freeways before finally confronting officers, was shot and killed by authorities Friday. San Diego Police Lt. Glen Breitenstein said three highway patrol officers and three San Diego officers had fired shots. An autopsy was planned for Saturday. The chase began about 6:45 am in San Bernardino County when a sheriff's deputy tried to stop the man in Rancho Cucamonga for expired registration tags, said sheriff's spokesman Chip Patterson. The man sped off in his white 1979 Datsun 280Z toward Interstate 10 and the deputy called highway patrol officers, which along with various police departments then chased the man through San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, reaching speeds up to 90 miles per hour. Television news helicopters quickly picked up the chase and broke into other programming to carry it live. At one point, cameras showed the man smoking a cigarette, checking his pager and scribbling a note, which he tossed from the window. Once he entered San Diego County and appeared headed for the US-Mexico border, police deployed a spike strip on Interstate 805 near state Route 94, puncturing his left front tire. When the man's car rolled to a stop, he <b>...</b>	From: LexEntertainment13 Views: 0 0 ratings
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