Puppy flung from pickup in high-speed Los Angeles police chase survives

In a statement released on Saturday, the Los Angeles police department announced that on 7 April, at about 12.10pm in a south-east part of the city, officers started a car chase in pursuit of a suspect who was wanted in connection to an attempted murder and carjacking which occurred on 26 March.

The pursuit ultimately ended at about 2pm when the driver and a passenger jumped out of the car in a residential street. The suspect tried to run into a house but surrendered to pursuing officers relatively quickly after that, police said.

Officers arrested three people in the case: 27-year-olds Gustavo Alvarez and Lynette Moreno as well as Michelle Zamudio, 25.

Alvarez was booked with attempted murder and carjacking charges and is being held without bail. Moreno was arrested for allegedly setting up a second getaway vehicle and was booked with being an accessory to a crime as well as evading. Her bail was set at $67,5000.

Zamudio, allegedly the driver of the second getaway vehicle, was booked for evading, and her bail was set at $75,000.