MADERA - Madera Police Officers arrested Monique Munoz and Fernando Aguirre following a short pursuit and crash at the Freeway 99 Central Madera exit at North  I Street on Monday.
 
Police initially chased a car occupied by the two who were suspects in a carjacking in Gilroy. The chase ended when the suspects’ car crashed into a freeway exit guardrail. They subsequently fled on foot near Saint Joachim’s Catholic School.

Authorities contacted the school and requested a lockdown. They asked the school authorities to lift it after they arrested Munoz and Aguirre.

Munoz ran into a neighborhood near South Park Drive and North Park Drive where she was arrested. The other suspect, Aguirre,  ran across the freeway and into a house on H Street. The homeowners were yelling at Aguirre to leave when officers arrived and arrested him, according to officials.

Police said once both suspects were in custody they contacted the school to remove the lockdown. Both suspects were transported to the Madera County Department of Corrections where they were booked on several charges.