Suspect in a deadly shooting spree led LA cops on a 3-hour chase that ended in a shootout on the freeway

• A suspect wanted in deadly drive-by shootings in LA was killed on Tuesday following a shoot-out.
• The man was suspected of killing two people and injuring another in three drive-by shootings.
• Police said the suspect took officers on a three-hour chase before ending in a fatal standoff.

A suspect wanted in three deadly drive-by shootings in Los Angeles was killed by police early Tuesday morning following a nearly three-hour police chase that ended with a shoot-out on a freeway.

Los Angeles police first responded to drive-by shootings, two of which were deadly, around 1 a.m., according to ABC 7.

As officers pursued the suspect in the shootings, they drove along the 60 and 57 freeways before stopping on the westbound 91 freeway.

The suspect first opened fire on officers, and they responded with their own gunfire around 5 a.m., after deploying tear gas, ABC 7 reported.

The suspect was taken into custody. According to KFIAM640 reporter Corbin Carson, police later said the suspect had died.

Police believe the shootings were random, Carson reported.