According to the Vallejo Police Department, suspects in a Cadillac CT6 were pointing lasers at a California Highway Patrol helicopter, prompting a chase.
The chase ultimately ended in Hercules where officers found the python abandoned in the car.
Police said four people were arrested.
MORE: Illegal Vallejo sideshow leads to 1 person dead, 1 injured in shooting, police say
This is after police responded to a sideshow and several shootings in Vallejo, where one person was shot and killed.
Video from the sideshow shows people lighting a ring of fire as drivers did donuts in the middle of the intersection.