Armed assault suspect in custody after SWAT standoff on Catalina Island
One person was taken into custody Tuesday night after a multihour standoff with law enforcement authorities on Santa Catalina Island, L.A. County sheriff’s officials said.
The incident began around 12:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Wrigley Terrace Road in the town of Avalon, on the island’s southeastern side, according to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
A person suspected of assault with a deadly weapon had fired shots out of the location and was barricaded inside, according to the Sheriff’s Department’s Special Enforcement Bureau, which sent a SWAT team to the island.
A crisis negotiation team was also dispatched to the scene.
The suspect was in custody as of 7:45 p.m., authorities said.
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