Southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near the border of Orange and San Diego counties reopened Saturday afternoon after being closed for much of the day after a police pursuit that began in Buena Park ended in gunfire in Oceanside, authorities said.
Both sides of the I-5 were closed at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday after police shot a suspect. Law enforcement officials did not identify the person who was shot, their condition or whether they were the driver of the car that was being pursued. No officers were injured.
Several lanes on the northbound I-5 were reopened at around 9:30 a.m. The southbound lanes reopened Saturday afternoon near Cristianitos Road in San Clemete, according to a CHP spokesperson.
Buena Park Police Department’s Sgt. Martin Tomsick told City News Service that officers attempted to pull over a motorist around 12:45 a.m. Sunday, but the driver took off, leading officers on a lengthy pursuit.
Officers handed off the pursuit to CHP, but kept their K-9 unit involved in the chase, Tomsick said.
Tomsick said the pursuit ended in gunfire on southbound I-5 in the Camp Pendleton area, with both a Buena Park Police Department K-9 officer and at least one CHP officer firing their weapons at a suspect.
A CHP spokesperson said the agency did not have details to release about the shooting.