Suspected car thief hurls live grenade at Calif. cops during wild car chase

In a scene ripped from the video game franchise Grand Theft Auto, a suspected car thief tossed a live grenade at cops during a wild car chase Friday, causing panic in a residential California neighborhood.

California Highway Patrol officers narrowly avoided catastrophe Friday when the suspect, Carlos Kuceja, 28, hurled the explosive device at them in an effort to avoid capture while driving through Berkeley.

The nearly disastrous incident began when CHP officers tried to pull over Kuceja in Oakland at approximately 3:30 p.m. after he was seen allegedly driving in a stolen car, cops said in a press release.