Carjackers lead police on chase, steal four vehicles including a tanker truck, and get away near Downtown LA

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Jesse James

Aug 11, 2025

This isn't GTA. This is just regular Los Angeles.

These peeps stole an F-150 in Lancaster just before 11 p.m. on Sunday, led police on a chase all the way to the Valley, hopped into a tanker truck, led police to the Downtown LA area, traded the tanker for another pickup truck, and then got in a sedan, losing the police in the process.

The tanker truck did not contain hazardous materials.

This is the estimated route they took based on a quick Google Maps search I just made (the dark blue line).

What's more, the first carjacking victim followed the thieves and got shot at. Then, when they were being chased by police in LA, one of the suspects shot at police. They then got into that tanker, and it's unclear whether they used a firearm to persuade the driver, who got out pretty quickly.

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Shortly after 11:30 p.m., the driver got on the 10 Freeway going the wrong direction, driving into oncoming traffic. A few minutes later, the two suspects bailed from the stolen tanker truck and got into a third stolen vehicle -- this time, a white pickup truck.

The chase continued once again, picking up much faster speeds with the suspects in a smaller vehicle. At one point, they briefly stopped in Boyle Heights, where the driver and the passenger swapped places.

After a few minutes, the suspects jumped out of the white pickup truck.

LAPD confirmed that the suspects carjacked a fourth vehicle and sped away. That's when police apparently lost sight of them.

GTA Los Angeles, everyone!


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