LAPD officers were in a standoff with a man in South Los Angeles for over eight hours before he escaped.
A man who police say is on parole for a murder conviction escaped after an eight-hour standoff with Los Angeles Police Department officers in South Los Angeles, police said Wednesday morning. LAPD officers first responded to the 6800 block of Avalon Boulevard in the Florence neighborhood of South LA around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday for a report about a man allegedly armed with a gun, according to police. Just after 5 a.m.
The agency said he dropped his driver's license, and from there, police identified him as a suspected parolee who had been convicted of murder. By 6 a.m., LAPD confirmed the suspect had escaped the area and officers failed to find him after doing a search of the business where he allegedly barricaded himself. Officers are still searching for him.People who live in the area were told to stay inside their homes and shelter in place.
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