Crime & Safety
Suspect Fires On Long Beach Officer During Drug Investigation in Cerritos: Police
BREAKING: The incident was reported Friday morning.
CERRITOS, CA — Long Beach police SWAT officers were involved in a non- injury shootout with a suspect in a drug investigation in Cerritos Friday, and authorities were working to arrest the man, who was barricaded in a residence.
The incident began about 4:45 a.m. as the SWAT officers prepared to serve the warrant at the residence near Carmenita Road and 183rd Street, Long Beach police Sgt. Brad Johnson said.
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The standoff was continuing more than five hours later, Johnson said.
Some evacuations were ordered in the area, according to a lieutenant at the sheriff's Cerritos Station. Streets near the scene were closed, and traffic was routed away from the neighborhood.
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Nearby Cerritos Elementary School remained open, but access was restricted to the east side of the campus via Marquardt Avenue, the lieutenant said.
LBPD SWAT shot at by Susp. during Search Warrant in Cerritos, PIO is heading to scene, no reports of injuries, media location TBD.
— Long Beach PD (CA) (@LBPD) February 17, 2017
LBPD Incident in City of Cerritos, media staging are is in the parking lot of the Post Office Carmenitta and 183rd. PIO is on scene
— Long Beach PD (CA) (@LBPD) February 17, 2017
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By City News Service
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