SWAT team responds to armed standoff at smoke shop in San Fernando Valley
The Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Team cleared an armed standoff at a smoke shop in Sunland early Sunday morning.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, police were first dispatched to Platinum Smoke Shop on Foothill Boulevard around 3:30 a.m. on a call of an armed robbery.
Upon arriving at the scene, officers encountered three men and a woman, all armed with handguns, who barricaded themselves inside the store.
A suspect was arrested while attempting to flee in a vehicle shortly after LAPD arrived, preliminary information indicates.
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SWAT Team members were called to the store, and after nearly three hours, they were able to assist police in taking the remaining suspects into custody.
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