The man may have threatened to harm himself or others, startling customers and employees who evacuated, leaving the man alone inside, Perez said. Los Angeles police are in a standoff with a man who is believed to have barricaded himself inside a store in Little Tokyo with a knife or other weapon, authorities said Sunday evening. The man has barricaded himself and is refusing to come out. Ed Perez said the man entered the gift or novelty store at the Japanese Village Plaza near 2nd and San Pedro streets shortly after 5 p.m. and grabbed the weapon he found inside, which is not believed to be a firearm. ALSOCessna crashes east of Palmdale; no injuries reported9-year-old Compton girl loses left hand in illegal fireworks explosion, police sayMan in critical condition after confrontation with officers in Anaheim, police say

Source: Los Angeles Times July 04, 2016 03:22 UTC