Police ended up in a low-speed pursuit through Long Beach Wednesday morning after a man attacked a local auto shop owner and took one of the cars being repaired there, according to authorities.

The car broke down about 25 minutes after the chase began. Police arrested the driver with the help of a police K-9, authorities said.

Police said the chase began around 10:20 a.m. after the man hit the auto shop owner, got into a car and drove off from the business in the 1700 block of Cherry Avenue, which is just south of Pacific Coast Highway.

Witnesses said the suspect looked like he may have been drunk or on drugs, Long Beach police spokesman Sgt. Brad Johnson said. The man took off from the shop, driving erratically in a gray Nissan Maxima, according to Johnson.

Signal Hill police quickly spotted the vehicle and turned over the low-speed chase to Long Beach police, Johnson said.

As the chase wound slowly through the area, officers stopped following in their cars and let a police helicopter monitor the Maxima from overhead, according to authorities.

The helicopter watched as the car broke down and stopped near the intersection of Orange Avenue and Market Street, according to police.

Officers quickly arrived and tried to arrest the man, Johnson said.

When the driver wouldn’t obey orders from the officers, they released the dog, and police quickly took the man into custody, according to Johnson.

The man was booked into Long Beach Jail after being taken to the hospital to treat a dog bite, police said.

Authorities did not immediately identify the suspect. It’s unclear if he owned the car he took from the auto shop.