Shooting suspects crash in S.F.-to-Oakland police chase

Police are searching for two shooting suspects who took off running after their vehicle slammed into a power pole during a wild chase from San Francisco to Oakland Police are searching for two shooting suspects who took off running after their vehicle slammed into a power pole during a wild chase from San Francisco to Oakland Photo: Google Maps Photo: Google Maps Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Shooting suspects crash in S.F.-to-Oakland police chase 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

Police are searching for two shooting suspects who took off running after their vehicle slammed into a power pole during a wild chase from San Francisco to Oakland on Sunday morning, authorities said.

One suspect, who was not named, was arrested at the crash scene on Fruitvale Avenue, said Officer Grace Gatpandan, a San Francisco Police spokeswoman.

The episode started around 1:50 a.m. when officers heard gunfire and spotted suspects inside a maroon sport utility vehicle exchanging gunfire with a blue vehicle near Napoleon Street and Evans Avenue in San Francisco’s Bayview, police said.

The SUV sped onto the freeway and took police on a chase over the Bay Bridge, where on the eastern span, someone inside tossed a handgun out of the vehicle, Gatpandan said.

California Highway Patrol officers joined in the chase, which ended when police said the driver took the Fruitvale exit and smashed into a utility pole near East 8th Street.

When the SUV came to a stop on nearby railroad tracks, two people darted out and fled into the neighborhood, police said.

One person was taken into custody and treated at an Oakland hospital. The other suspects remain at large.

Police recovered the handgun thrown from the vehicle and searched for the other vehicle but were unable to find it, Gatpandan said.

No shooting victims have been reported, but officers found shell casings on Evans Avenue near Rankin Street. Anyone with information about the incident was asked to call police at (415) 575-4444.

Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky