INCIDENT: Armed Barricaded Suspect
DATE: Friday, Ocober 23, 2026
TIME: Approximately 11:53 P.M.
LOCATION: 8200 block Alhambra Avenue, Paramount
SUSPECT: Male Adult
UNIT: Special Enforcement Bureau - Lieutenant Joseph Fortelny
NARRATIVE:
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) personnel are responding to assist Lakewood Sheriff Station with an armed barricaded suspect wanted for assault with a deadly weapon. The incident was reported Friday, October 23, 2026 at approximately 11:53 p.m. on the 8200 block of Alhambra Avenue, in the city of Paramount.
SEB personnel will assume tactical command and Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) will attempt to make contact with the suspect to bring this to a peaceful resolution.
There is no additional information available.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lakewood Station at (562) 623-3500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
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Robert G. Luna, Sheriff
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