A suspect was shot by police after being dragged along a highway by a vehicle he was trying to carjack.
Body camera footage, released by police in Lathrop, northern California, shows the culmination of a dramatic car chase involving 40-year-old resident Juan Valdez.
The suspect was shot multiple times by a police officer but survived.
Officers were called to a home in Lathrop following a report of domestic violence in late January but, shortly after their arrival, Valdez jumped into a Nissan Versa and drove off.
After being pursued by several police cars around a residential neighbourhood, the Nissan headed to Interstate 5, one of the state’s main highways.
As police cars closed in on him, Valdez changed direction and started driving the wrong way along the southbound carriageway.
The manoeuvre allowed him to evade capture until he was forced to abandon the car due to tyre damage.
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