Follow Us:

10
Mar 2011
8-hour standoff with armed man locked in luxury hotel room ends with SWAT breaking down door

An eight-hour standoff between LAPD officers and a man who said he was armed with a gun inside a room at the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles ended early Thursday when police broke down the door and arrested him.

The incident began Wednesday evening after a security guard said an armed man was believed to be barricaded inside a room, Officer Karen Rayner of the Los Angeles Police Department said.

Some guests were evacuated and crisis negotiators responded.

No one was hurt.

AddToAny

Share:

Related News