Anaheim man shoots boyfriend in head, leads police in pursuit in U-Haul, has to be removed from vehicle by SWAT team: Police

An Anaheim man is dealing with a cost of tried homicide after police say he shot his boyfriend within the head, then led police on a multi-county high-speed pursuit and in the end needed to be faraway from his car by a SWAT workforce on Saturday.

Ali Samoodi, 51, is accused of taking pictures an unnamed man with whom he was in a “courting relationship” at about 2:45 a.m., then fleeing the scene within the 5300 block of Santa Barbara Avenue, Backyard Grove, in a rented U-Haul truck, the Backyard Grove Police Division mentioned in a information launch.

The sufferer was taken to an area hospital and stays in essential situation.

Police tracked the car to Menifee, the place the Menifee Police Division tried to make a site visitors cease.

“The suspect did not cease and led Menifee Police Division, Riverside County Sheriffs and the California Freeway Patrol on a excessive velocity pursuit for roughly 33 miles,” the discharge mentioned.

After “a number of site visitors collisions” that left the U-Haul “not operable,” Samoodi stopped his car in Bloomington, close to the ten Freeway and Cedar Avenue, although he refused to get out, police mentioned.

“SWAT from the Riverside County Sheriffs responded and took the suspect into custody a short while later. The suspect didn’t maintain any accidents and was transported again to the Backyard Grove Police Division,” police mentioned.

Police mentioned Samoodi was booked into the Orange County Jail on a cost of tried homicide. At about 7 p.m. Saturday evening, jail information confirmed Samoodi was within the strategy of being booked into the jail.

This investigation is ongoing and any witnesses are requested to contact Detective Terra Ramirez at 714-741-5839