LOS ANGELES—Authorities are piecing together clues after a motorist was found shot dead with a handgun on his lap March 25 at the end of a high-speed freeway chase and crash in East Hollywood.
Roberto Iglesias III was a 20-year-old resident of South Gate, according to the coroner’s office. An autopsy was pending.
Officers on a routine patrol driving northbound on the Hollywood (101) Freeway just south of Cesar Chavez Avenue saw a black Infiniti speed pass them about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, triggering a pursuit, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The suspect’s vehicle continued speeding northbound and exited on Melrose.
“The pursuit traversed several city streets and our officers briefly lost sight of the Infiniti,” the highway patrol said. “At approximately 3:32 a.m., they discovered the Infiniti had collided with several parked vehicles on Melrose Avenue, west of Commonwealth Avenue.”
A passenger from the car was seen fleeing the location on foot as officers were approaching the crash. He was later apprehended. The officers then came upon the motorist, who was suffering from a gunshot wound to the head and had a gun on his lap, officials said.
Passenger Angel Anthony Aguiniga, 20, of Lynwood, was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest.
