A woman has been killed and seven people injured after a hijacked bus smashed into oncoming traffic as it was chased by police through Los Angeles.
During the chase, the bus smashed into a United Parcels Service van and another van, killing the woman driver, before careering across the pavement and crashing to a halt in a car park.
The dramatic pursuit through more than a dozen city blocks was captured from the air on TV cameras.
Police began chasing the suspect after he shot a man in the stomach outside the offices of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, a union representing city police.
The man evaded police by getting on the bus, apparently at a bus stop. He held a gun to the driver's head and forced her to drive.
The driver, Ms Emma Gutierrez, was taken to hospital where she is in a stable condition.
After the crash, police fired at the gunman as he fled around a corner and climbed into a parked car. He was pulled out and tackled by a half-dozen police officers.
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