A man, believed to have been armed, came out of a Van Nuys apartment peacefully after a police SWAT team lobbed tear gas inside to end a more than six-hour barricade, authorities said.
The standoff began about 3:15 p.m. Saturday near Woodman Avenue and Runnymede Street, Officer Mike Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Section said.
It’s unclear what prompted the man to barricade himself.
The standoff ended at 10 p.m. after SWAT officers fired tear gas into the home and the man came out, said Sgt. Steve Gottschalk of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Van Nuys Station.
He was taken into custody for a mental health evaluation, Gottschalk said. A search warrant was served to check the apartment for weapons but he did not know whether any were found.
–City News Service