Summary

A LENGTHY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHASE ENDED IN A BELLFLOWER, CALIFORNIA MOBILE HOME PARK, AND STANDOFF WITH SWAT TEAM MEMBERS. THE STANDOFF CULMINATED WITH THE RESCUE OF A FEMALE HOSTAGE AND THE DEATH OF THE HOSTAGE TAKER.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 203751
Story Slug BELLFLOWER CHASE ENDS IN DEATH (4/19/2001)
Location BELLFLOWER, CCALIFORNIA
Format VO
Date 4/19/2001
Archive Time 8:21
TRT 1:57
Supers Near Bellflower, California
Video Description AERIALS OF POLICE CHASING CAR, MAN THROWS SOMETHING OUT OF CAR, NEAR COLLISION, PULLS OVER YANKS WOMAN OUT AND INTO HOME, POLICE SURROUND HOUSE
Description A LENGTHY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHASE ENDED IN A BELLFLOWER, CALIFORNIA MOBILE HOME PARK, AND STANDOFF WITH SWAT TEAM MEMBERS. THE STANDOFF CULMINATED WITH THE RESCUE OF A FEMALE HOSTAGE AND THE DEATH OF THE HOSTAGE TAKER.
Script LEAD: IN LOS ANGELES.... A POLICE STANDOFF ENDS WITH THE DEATH OF A MAN HOLDING A WOMAN HOSTAGE. SCRIPT: (VONATS) POLICE SAY THE STANDOFF BEGAN AFTER DONALD ORVILLE SMITH WAS SPOTTED IN A CAR WITH THE WOMAN AS A PASSENGER. DURING AN HOUR AND A HALF CHASE IN THE STREETS OF SUBURBAN LOS ANGELES SMITH THREW OBJECTS OUT OF THE CAR, INCLUDING A KNIFE AND A BLOOD SOAKED SHIRT. SMITH ENDED THE CHASE AT A TRAILER PARK, PULLING THE WOMAN INSIDE A MOBILE HOME. POLICE SAY SWAT TEAMS SHOT SMITH WHEN HE REFUSED TO DROP A KNIFE HE WAS HOLDING TO THE WOMAN'S NECK.
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