Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Enforcement Bureau personnel were sent to Alhambra Wednesday evening to assist Homicide Bureau detectives to apprehend a barricaded suspect.
Deputies responded to the 2700 block of West Valley Boulevard near South Fremont Avenue at around 7:12 p.m. to a report of a man suspected of committing an assault with a deadly weapon and who barricaded himself inside a business, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
A Crisis Negotiation Team will attempt to persuade the suspect to surrender, a deputy said.
Anyone with information regarding the standoff or the assault with a deadly weapon which triggered it was urged to call the Compton Sheriff’s Station at 310-605-6500. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.