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Woodland Hills Home Invasion Leads to North Hollywood SWAT Raid After Police Rule Out Kidnapping

Detectives linked the pre-dawn break-in to a Kling Street address where SWAT detained multiple people.

Overview

  • Los Angeles police say up to seven masked men entered a Calvert Street home around 5 a.m. Thursday in a hot-prowl burglary and fled before officers arrived.
  • Security video showed several people carrying large bags to waiting vehicles, and aerial footage captured a duffel with what appeared to be rifles outside a shattered glass door.
  • Investigators connected the Woodland Hills break-in to a North Hollywood property, prompting a search-warrant operation with SWAT, armored vehicles and helicopters on Kling Street.
  • LAPD detained multiple people during the raid, and the department has not announced suspects, charges or what, if anything, was stolen.
  • Police initially probed a possible kidnapping tied to the burglary, but later said no kidnapping occurred; residents reported the intruders shouted “Police!” as they forced entry, and no injuries were reported.