Last Updated on April 7, 2021 by CCAR Staff
A man wanted for questioning in a Kern County homicide was arrested Tuesday, April 6, after a pursuit through four counties ended with a collision in Pomona.
Michael Caleb Reed, 35, is a “subject of interest” in a March 28 slaying in Oildale, said Danielle Kernkamp, a spokeswoman for the Kern County Sheriff’s Department.
Reed was also being sought by the U.S. Marshal’s Service in a carjacking and felony evading case, the Marshal’s Service said in a video that requested the public’s help in finding Reed.
The pursuit began about 5 p.m. Tuesday in Murrieta. The driver of a pickup led authorities to Escondido in San Diego County before returning to Riverside County.
The driver went through Jurupa Valley on the 60 Freeway into the Ontario area in San Bernardino County. He eventually exited the freeway in Los Angeles County before re-entering on the eastbound side, driving on the right shoulder through heavily congested traffic.
The driver left the freeway in Pomona and sped through residential areas and parking lots. At one point, the pursuit led to a head-on collision between a sedan and a box truck, though no one was reported injured.
The pursuit ended at about 7 p.m. after the driver rolled through a gas station and collided with a big rig.
Reed surrendered to police and was taken by paramedics to a hospital with an apparent leg injury.
A female passenger also surrendered and was later released.
NEW: A witness just gave me this video of the crash at the end of the murder suspect pursuit in Pomona. I haven’t been able to talk directly to the big rig driver yet, but I yelled to him and asked if he blocked the truck on purpose and he shook his head “no”. @FOXLA pic.twitter.com/aAHsWNQJrr
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) April 7, 2021
City News Service contributed to this report.
