Los Angeles, Ca - September 12, 2012 - According Los Angeles County Sheriff's Captain Mike Parker, four men robbed a Bank of America branch in Santa Clarita on Soledad Canyon around 10 am. The suspects then fled south to Sylmar where two of the men escaped from the vehicle. Police quickly arrested one suspect while the other was not found. The car chase then continued south on the 5, 101, and 210 freeways for another 90 minutes as the suspects headed south of downtown Los Angeles when the SUV exited the freeway.

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With police and news helicopters videoing, several police cars maintained pursuit as the suspects drove through an economically disadvantaged part of Los Angeles and started throwing money out the window. Talking to reporters,  Police Department spokesman Commander Andrew Smith said, "A lot of people came out their houses, they saw this on TV, they saw that money was being thrown. I think one of the folks told me that they thought there was more money in the vehicle and maybe they were hoping to get a little bit of that."

Smith added "It's not every day that someone drives through a town here and throws out fists full of 20s, 10s and ones into the street. I think they were victims of their own success because all the traffic got backed up because so many people were in the roadway."

The suspects were finally taken into custody at 11:30 am when the chase ended as a large vehicle blocked the roadway.

Overhead video showed a large crowd of several hundred people quickly gathered around the scene as spectators were cheering and waving the suspects.  Police were forced to request additional LAPD officers. According to Smith, "When they were ultimately taken into custody here, we had several hundred people swarmed into the streets and took over the intersection."

It is unclear if security camera video surveillance or CCTV footage of the actual robbery at the Bank of America exists. Any security camera footage would most likely be under review and investigation by law enforcement.

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