Officers Fatally Shoot Man After 90-Mile Chase : Violence: Suspect taunts CHP pursuers, who fire on him thinking he has a gun, authorities say. No weapon is found.

A 26-year-old Pasadena man was shot and killed Wednesday by California Highway Patrol officers after a 90-mile pursuit over four freeways that ended after the driver taunted officers to “get it over with,” authorities said.

Pasadena police spotted and began chasing the vehicle after reports of a drive-by shooting in Pasadena about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Investigator Mark Lohman of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, which is conducting the shooting inquiry.

The chase moved from surface streets onto the Foothill Freeway--where the occupants threw a shotgun out the window--and moved onto the Orange, Pomona and Ontario freeways, where five CHP units took charge, Lohman said.

At Lake Elsinore, a spike strip that was placed across the pavement punctured one of the vehicle’s tires, Lohman said.

After the vehicle stopped south of Railroad Canyon Road, four men between the ages of 18 and 22 peacefully left the car and were placed in handcuffs, Lohman said. But a fifth occupant balked.

“The last guy to exit had a beer in his left hand and his right hand was in his pocket,” Lohman said. “He told the officers, ‘Do me! Do me! Come on, get it over with.’ ”

Lohman said the officers asked him whether he had a weapon and he responded, “Yeah. Just do me.”

The man reached back into his vehicle. “Based on the totality of the circumstances, the officers had the feeling he either had a weapon or was going for one. Several officers fired,” Lohman said.

The man, identified by Lohman as Jaime Carrillo, was pronounced dead at the scene. No weapon was found, but investigators recovered a live shotgun round in Carrillo’s pocket and shell casings from a handgun inside the car, Lohman said.

Carrillo and the four other occupants of the vehicle were identified by Pasadena police as gang members who shot at the home of a rival gang member, Lohman said.

The southbound lanes of Interstate 15 were closed after the 4:30 a.m. shooting and did not reopen until nearly 12 hours later, forcing Temecula-bound freeway traffic to detour through Lake Elsinore.