Police Search For Armed Suspects On Ventura Boulevard

SHERMAN OAKS, CA — Los Angeles Police Department officers are searching for two men suspected of brandishing a handgun in a Ventura Boulevard assault in Sherman Oaks Friday afternoon. The search prompted the evacuation of a busy grocery store.

Los Angeles Police Department officers were called about 2 p.m. to the 14500 block of Ventura Boulevard, near Hazeltine Avenue, after receiving a report of a man who pulled a gun before fleeing with a man and a woman in a black hatchback into a nearby parking structure, according to the department's Officer Drake Madison.

A nearby Ralphs was evacuated as officers searched the parking structure for the three suspects.

At about 4:30 p.m., the search for two suspects was ongoing, according to Madison. Authorities were looking for two men, including a man with tattoos on his face. The pair were believed to be in a parking structure near the Ventura Boulevard Ralphs grocery store, according to Drake. They may be driving a black hatchback, he added.

One suspect, a woman, was detained by police at the scene, said Drake.

Commuters were advised to avoid the area during the ongoing search.

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City News Service contributed to this report.