Two suspects arrested 2/23 after an occupied patrol vehicle was rammed during a stolen vehicle investigative stop
On 2/23 a police investigation, turned into a car chase, triggered a lockdown at VHS. Two suspects fled onto campus while evading police.
Before the suspects arrived on campus, Ventura police officers located a stolen vehicle unoccupied in a parking lot in the 3300 block of East Main St. at 2:09p.m. Street Crimes Unit detectives responded to the report of the stolen vehicle and observed two male suspects enter the parked vehicle and drive away. Officers pursued the suspects in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop on them. Suspects then rammed the stolen vehicle into the occupied police cruiser and fled the scene. Suspects led officers on a pursuit through residential neighborhoods near Midtown Ventura. During the chase, suspects turned down Poli Street which led them to a head-on collision with a parked vehicle in front of the student parking lot.
After the collision suspects fled the car as fast as possible. Both front and back car doors were left open, along with the trunk of the car. Suspects left behind a single Jordan shoe and other items such as hoodies and drinks. Both of the suspects fled onto campus which prompted a lockdown and chase on foot. VHS teacher Craig Carey chased the suspects along with the police. Carey instructed students to get back and away from the scene, keeping them from the potential hazard…