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Two Detained After Downtown L.A. SWAT Standoff at Broadway Palace Apartments

Police responded before dawn to reports of gunfire, treating the case as a barricade rather than an active shooter.

Overview

  • Reports of gunfire came in around 5:30 a.m. at the Broadway Palace Apartments near 9th Street and Broadway.
  • The LAPD declared a barricaded suspect and deployed SWAT and crisis negotiators as officers contained the scene.
  • By afternoon, police said the shots originated inside a unit, and two men were taken into custody with no injuries reported.
  • Streets from 8th to Olympic and Main to Hill were closed during the eight-hour response and reopened shortly before 2:30 p.m.
  • Initial accounts of a woman with a rifle on a balcony were not confirmed, and officers had earlier conducted floor-by-floor searches as residents sheltered in place.