Police chases in Los Angeles: 3 in custody following afternoon chase through LA and San Fernando Valley

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Three people were taken into custody Thursday following an afternoon chase through Los Angeles.

The pursuit began around 2 p.m. when police received reports of a stolen vehicle.

AIR7 was overhead when the driver and a passenger exited the car then got back into the same vehicle.

Moments later, the chase transitioned onto the northbound 405 Freeway where the driver made his way into the San Fernando Valley. At one point, the driver went the wrong way on Sepulveda Boulevard.

After about half an hour, three people, including the male driver and a female passenger, bailed out of the car near Vanowen Street and Hesperia Avenue.

The driver and a passenger were then taken into custody. A third person who was in a separate white SUV that began chasing the original pursu