WEST COVINA – Two burglary suspects were arrested and a third suspect is outstanding after the latter attempted to carjack a hospital employee April 13.

Officers, responding to an unspecified location for a burglary investigation, pursued the suspects who refused to stop around 4:35 a.m. Monday, according to the West Covina Police Department.

The suspects abandoned their vehicle and fled on foot in the 14000 block of Donaldale Avenue in La Puente. While officers were setting a containment, one suspect attempted a carjacking, West Covina Police said.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
​CityWatch Editor

WEST COVINA - Two Covina residents were killed when a vehicle driven by carjacking suspect crashed into another vehicle early Saturday.

The Jeep Patriot driven by a man accused of a carjacking in Baldwin Park was found in West Covina around 2 a.m. near Durness Street and South Sandy Hook Street October 12. The driver refused to stop for police and fled officers until crashing on northbound Glendora Avenue at Cameron Avenue, according to the West Covina Police Department.

Two adults in the eastbound vehicle struck by the suspect were ejected and died at the scene. A child in the vehicle was hospitalized, West Covina Police said.

Gracie Contreras, 53, and Edward Contreras, 55, were identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Both were Covina residents.

The 2010 Jeep Patriot was reported carjacked around 1 a.m. in Baldwin Park by a knife-wielding suspect at Hilda Solis Park, Baldwin Park Police said.

West Covina Police began searching for the vehicle once officers were notified the Jeep was last seen entering the city.

The California Highway Patrol Major Accident Investigation Team is investigating the crash.

WEST COVINA - The driver of a black Mercedes-Benz was carjacked at gunpoint outside of Edwards West Covina Saturday night, a police lieutenant said.

The suspects approached the driver and demanded the vehicle. The crime was reported just before 9 p.m., according to Lt. Jeff Munn of the West Covina Police Department.

The driver was uninjured, Munn said.

The three young male Hispanic suspects were dressed in dark clothing. The vehicle was last seen heading west on the I-10 freeway, Munn said.

Anyone with information on the suspects or who witnessed the carjacking is urged to call the West Covina Police Department at 626-939-8500.

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