Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Enforcement Bureau surrounded a home in Palmdale for more than seven hours Saturday before the suspect was arrested.
Deputies were called to the scene at 10:30 a.m. Saturday to check the welfare of someone at that address, sheriff’s Dep. Tracy Koerner told City News Service.
The SEB was called about 1:50 p.m. Saturday to the 37400 block of Oxford Drive, near Victory Outreach Palmdale Christian Church and west of 25th Street East, but the incident started at more than two hours earlier.
A news videographer said neighbors at the scene told him a pool maintenance man discovered a bloody scene at the home and arriving deputies called SEB when they learned a suspect was inside.
Surrounding homes were evacuated for residents’ safety, sheriff’s officials said.
After several hours and under cover of darkness, video showed an armored vehicle break a second-story window and appear to launch flash-bang devices.
At 9:22 p.m., the sheriff’s department reported the tactical response was concluded and neighbors were allowed to return to their homes with the area now safe.
A suspect was taken into custody, Koerner said. Homicide detectives were summoned to the home to begin their investigation.