UPDATE: 7 hour Stand Off Ends in Hawaiian Gardens. Attempt Murder Suspect from Riverside County In Custody.
UPDATE:
LASD Special Enforcement Bureau team members took a suspect into custody after a stand off lasting more than seven hours.
Deputies from the Lakewood Sheriff's Station located the suspect driving his vehicle early this morning. He led them on a pursuit which ended at the intersection of Carson Street and Norwalk Boulevard in Hawaiian Gardens. He refused to surrender and barricaded himself in the vehicle. A special weapons team and crisis negotiators worked for hours to accomplish the suspect's surrender. He was taken into custody without incident. The investigation will be handled by Riverside County Sheriff's detectives.
Lakewood Sheriff's Station provides law enforcement services for the cities of Lakewood, Bellflower, Paramount, Hawaiian Gardens, and Artesia.
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Captain Merrill Ladenheim
Lakewood Sheriff’s Station
John L. Scott, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Address/Location
LASD - Lakewood Station, Los Angeles County Sheriff
5130 Clark Ave
Lakewood, CA 90712
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 562-623-3500
Carson Street & Norwalk Boulevard
Hawaiian Gardens, CA 90716