Man who died after jumping out of stolen CHP cruiser last week identified

LOS ANGELES - Officials have released new updates on last week's dramatic car chase through the Antelope Valley that ended with the suspect jumping out of a stolen police cruiser on live TV.

On Monday, about six days after the deadly police chase, officials identified the man who died after stealing a California Highway Patrol cruiser as 32-year-old John Figueroa Jr. Cell phone video captured the moments Figueroa was driving recklessly, wrecking another car before stealing the cruiser.

Later on in the chase, Figueroa traveled in the eastbound lanes of the 138 Freeway in the Lancaster area before jumping out of the fast-moving car and falling to his death.

Figueroa was rushed to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

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No officers were hurt in the deadly crime spree. 

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