Police say a man was involved in a robbery in Beverly Hills. On Wednesday, he led police on a dangerous chase with his 2-month-old daughter in the car.
The LA Sheriff’s Department said the scary situation started with a report of three guys robbing someone with a gun in Beverly Hills. On their way through Hawthorne, those guys were seen getting out of their car. They caught two men and saw a third suspect drive off in a Kia car.
The third suspect is thought to have stolen the Kia and then started a chase with his baby daughter and the baby’s mother in the car. It’s not clear when they got into the car.
Police told the driver to stop, but he didn’t. The driver, later named as Daiyaan Henderson, 21, swerved through traffic, sometimes going on the wrong side of the road, and almost hit other cars. Later, Henderson came to a dead end in Culver City on Shedd Terrace and Wrightcrest Drive. Several police cars blocked the suspect car in.
Henderson gave himself up to the cops while he was being blocked in and showed his young daughters to them. The man’s girlfriend, who was sitting in the backseat, then got out of the car and turned herself in to police.
Sheriff’s Deputy Tony Lomedico said, “When a baby is involved, everything goes to the next level and you have to be on top of your game […] I feel like everyone was on top of their game.”
NewsChopper 4 caught the driver turning himself in to the police and the woman being held. The baby was given to the police and was treated by doctors on the spot.
Adriana Martinez, a deputy sheriff, said, “My worry was the baby.” It was her crying, so I just wanted to make her feel better. I felt like a mother, and all I wanted to do was calm her down and stop her from crying. We took care of her in the end.
LASD said that before the child fell asleep, officers fed her and changed her diaper. She was said to be fine, and she has since gotten back together with her mother.
After figuring out that the mother of the baby had been kidnapped, police said they released her from jail.
Henderson is being charged with kidnapping, carjacking, armed robbery, and having a gun while being a convicted criminal. LASD said that he was running a video of the car chase.
