Man Leads Police On Chase To Port Of LA, Climbs Crane, Gets Naked

JEFF: I AM JEFF VAUGHN.
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS IN
SAN PEDRO, A PURSUIT SUSPECT IS
STILL PERCHED ON A CONTAINER
CRANE.
SUZIE: HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR A
COUPLE HOURS NOW, DESMOND SHAW
IN SKY 9 WITH MORE.
REPORTER: WE'RE ZOOMED OUT THIS
IS A FAMILY SHOW, HE IS NAKED
NOW ON TOP OF THE CRANE.
WE HAVE EARLIER VIDEO TO SHOW
YOU WHEN HE WAS FULLY CLOTHED,
G-RATED ON TOP OF THE CRANE,
DANGLING OVER THE SIDE, THIS HAS
BEEN GOING ON FOR HOURS NOW, I
BELIEVE IT WAS AFTER 5:00, WE
PICKED UP PURSUIT, WE WANT TO
SHOW THAT YOU CLIP, THAT WAS
CRAZY DANGEROUS PURSUIT.
THAT WENT ACROSS
CARSON, TORRANCE, LONG BEACH,
SAN PEDRO,
PORTS.
HE WAS DRIVING AROUND THE PORTS,
EVADING AUTHORITIES FOR SOME
TIME, HAD A COUPLE OF REALLY
CLOSE CALLS WITH SEVERAL
VEHICLES.
THEN, AS HE SEEMED LOST THEY HAD
TROUBLE FINDING HOW TO GET TO
HIM, CRANE 85 IN PORTS OF SAN
PEDRO, THEY JUST MISSED GRABBING
HIM AS HE RAN UP THE CRANE.
UP TO THE TOP, THIS IS WHY HE
MAS BEEN -- THIS IS WHERE HE HAS
BEEN PERCHED, THERE IS PORT
POLICE, COAST GUARD AND L.A.
CITY FIRE ALONG THE CRANE,
TRYING TO TALK HIM DOWN, CRISIS
COUNSELORS ON THE GROUND.
THEY HAVE NOT BEGUN TO ENGAGE
THE SUSPECT IT SEEMS.
LIVE OVER PORTS OF L.A. IN SKY
9, DESMOND SHAW BACK TO YOU.
JEFF: AT ONE POINT WE UNDERSTAND
HE WAS WEARING A LAKERS JERSEY,
AS YOU MENTIONED HE IS NAKED
NOW, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A
POSSIBILITY HE MAY HAVE BEEN ON
DRUGS, THIS IS 15 STORIES UP,
115 FEET, THIS IS NOT A CATWALK
OR ANY AREA WITH HANDRAILINGS,
HIGH IS JUST ON THE END OF THE
STRUCTURE, I WONDER HOW RESCUERS
COULD ATTEMPT TO HELP HIM OUT,
HE COULD TAKE THEM OVER THE EDGE
WITH HIM.
I ASSUME THEY WOULD NEED A CABLE
OR HANGING RESCUE.
REPORTER: CORRECT.
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO AGITATE
HIM, AND PERHAPS INSPIRE HIM TO
JUMP, ONE MORE DETAIL, I WANTED
TO PASS ON TO YOU, THIS WAS
ORIGINALLY A STOLEN VEHICLE,
STOLEN FROM A DEALER SHIP IN SAN
BERNARDINO.
YOU KNOW THIS IS A REALLY
DELICATE SITUATION, AS JEFF
MENTIONED WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WE KNOW HE
HAS BEEN UP THERE FOR HOURS.
WE DO NOT KNOW, IS HE ARMED.
WE HAVE NOT FOUND THAT OUT.
THROUGHOUT THIS PURSUIT, DESMOND
DO HAVE ANY MORE CLUES ON WHAT
AGENCIES ARE DOING NOW, FORMING
A PLAN WITH CRISIS NEGOTIATORS?
REPORTER: YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD
TO SAY, I CAN TELL YOU THESE
SITUATIONS CAN TAKE HOURS AND
HOURS TO PLAN.
THEY PROBABLY HAVE SOME CRISIS
COUNSELORSES ON THE GROUND.
THINKING HOW THEY ARE GOING TO
ENGAGE THE SUSPECT, AND PROBABLY
TALKING ABOUT LOGISTICS OF GOING
UP THERE, DOING THIS IN A MATTER
THEY WILL NOT JEOPARDIZE
ANYONE'S LIVES, THIS IS
COMPLICATED AND UNIQUE
SITUATION.
JEFF: AND ON TOP OF THAT, IT IS
NOW DARK.
ANOTHER ELEMENT TO DEAL WITH,
WE'LL FOLLOW THIS SITUATION ON
KCAL9 AND KCAL9.COM, DESMOND
SHAW IN
A NAKED H PURSUIT SUSPECT ON
OF CRANE.
PORT OF L.A. IN SAN PEDRO, WEST

Man Leads Police On Chase To Port Of LA, Climbs Crane, Gets Naked

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