By Ricardo Roura
08 Nov 2023, 11:47 AM EST
The authorities They arrested an armed suspect who barricaded himself for several hours Wednesday morning on a Metro bus in the Hollywood area.
He Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) closed two main roads in the city while the incident took place with the suspect armed with a gun on public transport and which ended without shots being fired.
This morning LAPD SWAT officers deployed the Quadruped to assist with taking an armed suspect into custody. The use of this technology resolved the situation without putting officers or community members in harms way.
— LAPD PIO (@LAPDPIO) November 8, 2023
The first reports of the armed man were received by the LAPD at approximately 4:00 am, and officers Melrose Avenue and Western Avenue were closed to vehicular trafficin the area where the bus was, as a security measure.
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According to reports, the driver noticed that a man who was in the back was in possession of a weapon, possibly a pistol. The driver got off the transport and disabled the vehicle while waiting for the police to arrive.
There were no other passengers on board the Metro bus, so It wasn’t a hostage situation..
When the police arrived at the scene, they surrounded the bus, but They could not immediately confirm whether the suspect was in possession of a gun.so the presence of a SWAT squad was requested.
The authorities said that The subject was sleeping in a seat and with a gun at his feet.
Around 6:00 am, LAPD elements deployed a robot dog to approach the public transportation vehiclewhere the subject was barricaded in the rear, and apparently secured a weapon.
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Finally, the suspect got off the Metro bus and After a brief conversation with the police, the man was arrested..
So far, authorities have not provided the identity of the suspect.
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