A 36-year-old woman was arrested after attacking Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel as they assisted her following an altercation with a man.

Officers responded to the 2600 block of Manhattan Beach Boulevard, between Crenshaw Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue, around 1 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a physical altercation involving Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel.
According to Gardena Police, the suspects are department employees.

Investigators later determined that the suspect was 36-year-old Jessica Chavez of Inglewood.

“Minutes before Gardena Police officers arrived, Los Angeles County firefighters observed Chavez getting into an altercation with an unknown man. They stopped to assist her. While sitting in their vehicle and talking with her, Chavez became enraged, physically struck the firefighter and fled the scene,” police said in a statement.

Chavez had briefly left the area before police officers passing by happened to stop to assist firefighters just before she returned.

Officers attempted to negotiate with Chavez, but she fled again, sparking a chase.

“As Chavez was traveling west on Manhattan Beach Boulevard, he collided with an undercover Gardena Police Department vehicle and a Los Angeles County Fire Department SUV,” police said.

Chavez was charged with suspicion of assault on a firefighter/paramedic, assault with a deadly weapon and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.