The driver of a white Bentley with Illinois license plates who led police on a circuitous slow-speed pursuit on Los Angeles freeways that ended with a lengthy stand-off died later at at St. Joseph's hospital, police officials said Tuesday morning. A source told the LA Times that the driver, identified later as Mustafa Mustafa, had shot himself.
Mustafa, 27, was a businessman of Pakistani origin who was distraught over the loss of his business. Police said he was from Illinois, but it was not clear if he was a current resident.
The chase began around 8 p.m. when police attempted to arrest Mustafa, who was being sought for an alleged armed assault on his girlfriend late Monday night, in the 4000 block of Lankershim Boulevard. When police arrived at the scene, they saw Mustafa driving away in the Bentley, and the chase was on.
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