Suspect in killing held after California car chase, shootout

This Tuesday, May 7, 2019 photo taken from surveillance video, released by the Downey, Calif., Police Department, shows the suspect in the murder of a Downey, Calif., liquor store owner as authorities sought the public’s help in identifying him. On Friday, May 10, authorities captured a man they suspect is the killer after a car chase and shootout that left the man wounded. During the chase, video showed a gunman firing at pursuing patrol cars with a distinctive long-barreled revolver strikingly similar to one used in the store killing. (Downey Police Department via AP)

This photo taken from video provided by KABC-TV shows a man leaning out the passenger-side window of a car at top left, shooting at pursuing police vehicles as officers take cover, during a wild car chase in the Los Angeles area Friday afternoon, May 10, 2019. The car finally came to a halt in the Los Angeles suburb of Vernon, where the woman driver, who had blood on her shirt, surrendered. The gunman remained in the car. The man, who appeared to be wounded, was removed from the car and his condition was not immediately known. (KABC-TV via AP)

In this photo taken from video provided by KABC-TV, armored police vehicles block a car and deploy a flash bang device at the conclusion of a wild car chase and shootout in the Los Angeles area Friday afternoon, May 10, 2019. The car finally came to a halt in the Los Angeles suburb of Vernon, where the bloodied woman driver surrendered. The gunman remained in the car. The man, who appeared to be wounded, was removed from the car and taken to a hospital. His condition was not immediately known. (KABC-TV via AP)

In this photo taken from video provided by KABC-TV, medics and officers tend to a wounded man after he was removed from his shot-up car, top left, at the conclusion of a wild car chase and rolling shootout in the Los Angeles area Friday afternoon, May 10, 2019. The car finally came to a halt in the Los Angeles suburb of Vernon, where the bloodied woman driver then got out and surrendered. The gunman remained in the car. The man, who appeared to be wounded, was removed from the car and taken to a hospital. His condition was not immediately known. (KABC-TV via AP)

In this photo from video provided by FOX11 Los Angeles shows a man leaning out the window of a moving car, shooting at pursuing police vehicles during a wild car chase in the Los Angeles area Friday afternoon, May 10, 2019. The car finally came to a halt in the Los Angeles suburb of Vernon, where the woman driver, who had blood on her shirt, surrendered. The gunman remained inside the car. (FOX11 Los Angeles via AP)

DOWNEY, Calif. — A man suspected of gunning down a liquor store owner near Los Angeles leaned out a car window during a chase and blasted away with a handgun before being dragged wounded from the car Friday.

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