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Yahoo
28-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Woman who engaged in pursuit, standoff on Memorial Day had felony warrant: LAPD
The woman who led the Los Angeles Police Department on a pursuit and engaged in an hourslong standoff with officers on Memorial Day before being shot has been identified, and authorities now say she had a felony warrant. A call regarding a possible shooting investigation came into LAPD around 7:15 a.m. Monday; the caller described seeing a white van with bullet holes in its windshield in the 13000 block of Sherman Way in the Valley Village neighborhood. Officers responded and contacted the woman inside the van – later identified as Claudia Corugedo – and found she had a felony warrant out for her arrest. When they tried to detain her, Corugedo resisted, removed 'what appeared to be' a black semiautomatic pistol and pointed it at her throat, LAPD said in a media release issued Wednesday. Suspect arrested, woman in coma after break-in at Beanie Babies tycoon's California mansion As the officers went back to their vehicles to call for backup, Corugedo drove off, and a pursuit was initiated that ultimately terminated in the 20900 block of Arcana Road in Woodland Hills, approximately 14 miles away. Corugedo, 42, became surrounded by officers after driving into a dead end, and she refused commands to surrender. According to LAPD, during the ensuing standoff, she continued to point the pistol at her throat, and it was learned that she had a large machete on her. 'A SWAT Team was requested; however, prior to their arrival, Corugedo began walking toward the front door of a residence while still holding the [weapons], and an officer-involved shooting occurred,' LAPD's media release states. 'Corugedo was struck by gunfire and collapsed near the entryway of the residence.' Mother of girl, 4, receiving treatment in L.A. speaks out against life-threatening deportation to Mexico She was taken into custody and treated by responding L.A. Fire Department paramedics at the scene before being transported to a hospital for further treatment. Afterwards, she was booked for felony evading. Further investigation into the chase and standoff revealed that Corugedo was actually in possession of a BB gun designed to resemble a semiautomatic pistol; a machete was also recovered at the scene. Corugedo did not appear in inmate search records in connection with Monday's incident; however, the records indicate that she has been arrested by LASD twice in the past, both times for felony offenses in 2023. In one case, she was cited and released, and in another, she spent just under two weeks in jail. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
28-05-2025
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- CBS News
Woodland Hills pursuit suspect shot by police was armed with BB gun
A Los Angeles Police Department investigation has determined that the pursuit suspect shot by officers in Woodland Hills on Monday was armed with a BB gun that resembled a pistol. Wednesday's department update said that Claudia Corugedo, 42, was treated at a hospital for her wounds and was booked for felony evading. The entire ordeal lasted nearly three hours, causing neighbors in the area where the pursuit ended to take shelter in their homes as a standoff with law enforcement ensued. It all began around 7:15 a.m., as police responded to a North Hollywood shooting investigation involving a white van with multiple bullet holes in its windshield. Police learned that the woman in the van, Corugedo, had a felony warrant and they attempted to detain her. Police said she pulled out what appeared to be a semiautomatic pistol and held it to her throat. Corugedo then led officers on a pursuit around 7:45 a.m., which ended at a Woodland Hills cul-de-sac. After refusing orders to surrender during the neighborhood standoff, police said the suspect was armed with a large machete while continuing to point what appeared to be a pistol at her throat. The LAPD investigative report said "Corugedo began walking toward the front door of a residence while still holding the pistol and machete, and an Officer-Involved Shooting occurred. Corugedo was struck by gunfire and collapsed near the entryway of the residence." Neighbor Katrina Escalante said she heard the commotion in their Woodland Hills neighborhood around 8 a.m. "We were sleeping and then helicopters were really loud and started going around the neighborhood, and saying like "please stay inside your house, lock your doors, there is an armed suspect in your neighborhood, be safe, do not leave your house,'" she said. At one point, aerial footage caught Corugedo standing on the top of her van, and later lying on the outside entryway area of a home. SWAT officers ultimately took Corugedo into custody around 10:30 a.m., where she was transported to a hospital for medical treatment. The police investigation determined that Corugedo was holding a BB gun designed to resemble a semiautomatic pistol. A metal machete was also recovered at the scene.
