LOS ANGELES—Authorities are piecing together clues after a motorist was found shot dead with a handgun on his lap March 25 at the end of a high-speed freeway chase and crash in East Hollywood.
Roberto Iglesias III was a 20-year-old resident of South Gate, according to the coroner’s office. An autopsy was pending.
Officers on a routine patrol driving northbound on the Hollywood (101) Freeway just south of Cesar Chavez Avenue saw a black Infiniti speed pass them about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, triggering a pursuit, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The suspect’s vehicle continued speeding northbound and exited on Melrose….