Watch Car Thief Race Across Roofs to Try to Escape Las Vegas Police

Las Vegas police helicopter footage captured the high-speed vehicle pursuit of an accused car thief that became a foot chase as the suspect ran through backyards and over rooftops before he was nabbed.

By Taylor Lane

Source Las Vegas Review-Journal

May 19, 2025

A suspected car thief tried to escape Las Vegas police officers Tuesday during a high-speed vehicle pursuit that turned into a foot chase, with the suspect dashing through neighborhood backyards and bounding across rooftops in an unsuccessful getaway attempt.

A Las Vegas police helicopter filmed and assisted with the capture and arrest of a man who police say stole a car on Tuesday.

Officers were first notified about a stolen car around 11 a.m., but when the the Metropolitan Police Department’s helicopter AIR2 found the vehicle, the man in the car took off “at a high rate of speed” into oncoming traffic, the department said in an X post.

The video taken from the helicopter shows the car driving the north in a southbound lane on Fremont Street at a high speed before entering a neighborhood near Rancho Drive and Mesquite Avenue.

The man is later seen in the video outside the car running through backyards, a school, across rooftops and a courtyard before officers arrested him in a neighborhood with assistance from two police dogs.

“Remember: Don’t steal cars and it’s pretty hard to outrun the helicopter,” the X post said.

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