Police in San Francisco on Monday said the suspect who led officers on a chase across the Bay Bridge to Martinez Sunday knocked a church parishioner unconscious before throwing bombs at police units during the chase.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Authorities gave an update on the wild pursuit which started in the city's North Beach neighborhood and the arrest Monday morning with SFPD Assistant Chief David Lazar providing details.Lazar said the 'brazen ... very dangerous incident' began shortly before 6 p.m. during an early evening mass at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church on Filbert Street across from Washington Square Park.
The suspect threw a second device at pursuing police near the intersection of 8th and Mission, Lazar said.The pursuit then moved to the freeway, with the suspect taking I-80 eastbound, traveling across the Bay Bridge with police still chasing him and CHP units joining the pursuit. The chase finally came to an end after about 30 minutes with the suspect being apprehended in Martinez.
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