Los Angeles suspects livestream a chaotic police chase

It was just after 3 a.m. on a quiet Wednesday when the Los Angeles Police Department got a call about a gun‑armed driver rattling down the 405. Within minutes the chase turned into something out of a movie — except this one was being streamed live on Instagram.

One of the men, who goes by the handle 310_luis_, started an Instagram Live as his crew ripped through traffic. The feed was raw, shaky, and filled with curses. You could hear the engine revving, the sirens wailing, and a panicked voice saying, “I don’t know where to go, my‑—.”

As the suspects barreled south, a police helicopter swooped in, its spotlight painting the black sedan in a stark, eerie glow. The men were shouting about a backpack, one of them yelling, “Get the backpack ready!” while another barked, “Hold it!” The comments from online viewers were equally frantic, with one typing, “Lose them first and then toss it.”

After about three minutes the livestream cut out. The scene that followed was less glamorous: several men handcuffed, officers rifling through a black car’s trunk, pulling out a bag stuffed with screw‑drivers, wires, and other mysterious items. The backpack the suspects kept mentioning lay on the ground, its contents scattered.

In the end, four suspects were taken into custody. The LAPD said the pursuit began in Van Nuys and wrapped up on the 7th Street bridge. Details about the exact charges or what exactly was seized remain under wraps.

What’s clear is that the whole episode turned a routine police chase into a public spectacle. The livestream gave strangers a front‑row seat to a dangerous situation, and it ended with the very person who streamed it, 310_luis_, handcuffed on the sidewalk.