Samantha Gomez

Pursuit

Culver City police officers pulled over the driver of a minivan just before 1 a.m. As they approached the other, the driver sped away. The driver pulled onto the northbound 405 Freeway and eventually lost the police. Moments later, there was a report of a crash. When officers arrived, they found the minivan on fire. The other had hit a wall. Police removed four people from the car--two men and two women. One female passenger, Samantha Gomez, 19, was killed, the rest of the occupants were injured. The driver has been charged for stealing the minivan and causing Gomez's death.