Overview
- Officers from the LAPD attempted to contact the suspect near Pacific Coast Highway and Sunset Boulevard and he ran into the ocean at Will Rogers State Beach, triggering the unusual pursuit.
- The man spent roughly 90 to 120 minutes treading and swimming hundreds of yards offshore while lifeguards on rescue boards and county boats monitored and engaged him.
- Los Angeles County lifeguards and deputies from the Sheriff’s Marina del Rey unit worked together to restrain the suspect in the water and pull him aboard a sheriff’s boat, then took him into custody without reported injury.
- Authorities have confirmed he was wanted on a felony warrant but have not released his name or the specific charges as investigators continue their review.
- Video from news helicopters and on-scene sources captured the standoff and showed lifeguards combining rescue protocols with law-enforcement actions, a coordination that officials say could shape how similar waterborne escapes are handled going forward.