Officers detained one man following a car chase and standoff in a Dublin parking lot Saturday, according to police.
In a press release, Dublin Police Services said that the chase began in Tracy at around 9:45 a.m. At that time, Tracy police were searching for a 37-year-old man suspected of domestic violence and whom they believed to be armed with a knife.
The man fled from officers in Tracy, ramming one of their cars in the process, according to police.
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Shortly after 11 a.m., a Livermore license plate reader spotted his car near the San Francisco Premium Outlets. Several police agencies including Livermore police, Dublin police and California Highway Patrol then began to follow his car.
The man tried to escape, according to Dublin police, at which point officers began a pursuit.
Eventually, the man stopped his car in a parking lot on Dublin Boulevard and barricaded himself inside, according to police. Officers were in a standoff with the man for over two hours, Dublin police said, making “use of Crisis Intervention Unit negotiators, less lethal tools, and chemical agents, with no success.”
Eventually, officers detained the man. He was then taken to the hospital for treatment.
One officer rolled their car in Castro Valley during the pursuit, CHP Castro Valley said, adding that the accident happened along Interstate 580 and near Redwood Road. The officer suffered minor injuries.
