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Saturday September 15th, 2018 :: 06:01 a.m. PDT

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UPDATE* #LASD Special Enforcement Bureau En-route to a Barricaded Suspect in Castaic

UPDATE:

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) and Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) members have concluded their tactical response to assist Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station in the containment of an armed barricaded suspect on the 31000 Castaic Road, Castaic, at approximately 4:00 p.m., September, 14, 2018.
 
Santa Clarita Station deputies responded to the location regarding a call for service to “Check the Welfare” of a woman who was making criminal threats to the residents in the building.
 
When deputies approached the location, they heard the sound of one gun shot from inside the apartment. Deputies tactically withdrew and established a containment. The suspect refused to surrender and barricaded herself inside the location.
 
LASD Mental Evaluation Team (MET), Crisis Negotiations Team (CNT), LASD Aero Bureau, and Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) units responded to the location.
 
Approximately three units of nearby apartment buildings were evacuated. Residents from those apartment buildings were safely escorted to the Recreation/Community Center. Later the residents were safely escorted on a city bus to the Castaic Sports Complex/Aquatic Center where the American Red Cross provided shelter, water and food. No known injuries were reported.
 
After several hours and verbal attempts by Crisis Negotiations Team members to persuade the suspect to surrender, the suspect exited the residence and surrendered peacefully.
 
The suspect was arrested and transported to Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station for booking.
 
No Deputies were injured during this incident. 
 
The area was deemed safe and all neighborhood evacuees were allowed to return to their homes.
 
We would like to thank the public for their cooperation in the situation.
 
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station at (661) 255-1121. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
 
 
Forwarded by:
Armando Viera Jr., Deputy
Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Hall of Justice - First floor
211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-229-1700


Original message below:
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Special Enforcement Bureau En-route to a Barricaded Suspect in Castaic
 
INCIDENT:  Barricaded Shooting Suspect
 
DATE/TIME:  Friday, September 14, 2018 / Approximately 4:00 PM.
 
LOCATION:  31000 Block of Castaic Road, Castaic
 
SUSPECT:  Female Adult
 
UNIT:  Special Enforcement Bureau
 
NARRATIVE:
Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) Deputies are responding to the 31000 Block of Castaic Road, in Castaic, regarding a barricaded shooting suspect.

On Friday, September 14, 2018, at approximately 4:00 p.m., deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station were at the location conducting a check the welfare call for service, when the suspect fired what appeared to be an unknown number of shots from inside of the location.

Deputies are attempting to make contact with the suspect at this time to bring this to a peaceful resolution. 

A Public Information is en-route and a media staging location is forthcoming. 
 
There is no additional information available at this time.
 
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station (661) 255-1121.  If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
 
Written by:
Armando Viera Jr., Deputy
Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Hall of Justice - First floor
211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-229-1700
 
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