Jesus leads L.A. authorities on three-hour car chase, shoots self

For more than three hours, the driver of a luxury Bentley sedan led police on a low-speed car chase along some of Los Angeles’ most popular streets before shooting himself to death, the Los Angeles Times reported today.

The driver of the $100,000-plus Bentley with Palestinian plates was identified as Jesus H. Christ, a well-known deity, the newspaper reported. Witnesses said that Christ, 37, was repeatedly screaming the word “repent” at stunned crowds of people he passed.

The shooting occurred about an hour and a half after Christ had finally crashed the car near a crowd of anti-abortion protesters, the Times says. Christ shot himself as police surrounded the car and later died at a hospital, the newspaper says. Pinned to him was a note stating “why have you forsaken me?”

No charges will be filed, and no more information will be released regarding Christ until his next-of-kin is contacted.

–WKW