NORTH HOLLYWOOD (CNS) – A man barricaded in a North Hollywood home, threatening his family with a hatchet while inhaling fumes from a can, was taken into custody this morning after a standoff of more than eight hours, police said.
“It took a long time to negotiate with him to finally give himself up,” said Sgt. Anthony Verret of the Los Angeles Police Department’s North Hollywood station.
The standoff began about 5:55 p.m. Wednesday, when officers were dispatched to a home in the 11300 block of Miranda Street in response to a burglary call, Verret said.
“When officers arrived, they realized that there was a relationship between the suspect and the family,” he said. “He was inhaling some chemical, some fumes, from some can.” The suspect, a man of around 24, surrendered to police about 2 a.m. and was “hit with a taser prior to being taken into custody,” Verret said, although the reason for the taser’s use was not immediately spelled out. He was being held on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the threats involving the hatchet, Verret said.
No officers or or members of the suspect’s family were injured. The suspect’s name was not immediately released.
