LOS ANGELES—An hours-long standoff with an armed man who barricaded himself aboard an Amtrak train ended early Saturday after police used tear gas. The man was taken into custody without incident and police recovered a handgun, Amtrak spokeswoman Christina Leeds said. The train bound for San Diego was stopped in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles as police conducted a search. “Someone reported that he dropped a gun — likely was then reported to the train folks — and that’s when things escalated,” passenger Allison Bird told KABC-TV in Los Angeles. The standoff ended nearly eight hours later after tear gas was deployed, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Source: thestar September 17, 2016 18:33 UTC