Police Standoff Forces Evacuation of Federal Building

[Joanne98]

Source: KTLA

WESTWOOD -- The Westwood Federal Building is being evacuated after a pursuit suspect led officers on a freeway chase and then sparked a standoff in the building's parking lot.

Officials say the chase began in Westchester shortly before 10 a.m. Initially, there were two suspects inside the vehicle, both of whom were apparently wanted on various warrants.

They're also wanted for questioning as part of a federal inquiry. According to KTLA partner The Los Angeles Times, a law enforcement source says the suspect made an unspecified threat against the White House.

Shortly after the chase began, one of the suspects jumped out of the red Volkswagen Beetle near the intersection of the 405 Freeway and Howard Hughes Parkway.

That suspect was taken into custody.


Read more: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-secret-service-chase,0,735045.story

[Joanne98]

1. Here's live feed on the car. They're got a robot on it.......

http://www.ktla.com/ktla-tivid-livestream-b,0,3734258.tividlivestream

[snooper2]

2. That's just fucking weird FYI

:)

[snooper2]

6. Oh, and it would be nice if someone would walk over

And turn that fucking turn signal off on the Audi

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[janx]

10. Maybe the robot could do it. n/t

[snooper2]

11. I was thinking the same thing..

it hasn't moved for 20 minutes anyway :)

[janx]

12. I wish we could see what the robot sees--

the guy in the car.

[janx]

8. Is the robot filming the suspect in the car?

What is it doing? :rofl:

[bushmeister0]

3. Leading cops on a chase in a Volkswagen Beetle?

Yeah, good luck with that one. Another genius for Jesus.

[snooper2]

7. could be a turbo model...

they actually handle pretty good :)

[DCKit]

35. It's Herbie. Obvious, when you think about it. n/t

[janx]

4. OMG!

:rofl:

Can you imagine being the person in that car? :rofl:

[Joanne98]

5. The LAPD said there was a bomb threat at the VA!

[fascisthunter]

9. keep it up right wingers

[Joanne98]

13. Big bad conservative won't come out of his car.

Why don't they just drag him out and tase him?

[janx]

14. I take it the guy is armed? n/t

[RedCloud]

15. This has gone on for hours.

Apparently the White house was threatened.

Maybe Limbaugh is inside of the beetle?

[janx]

16. I'm glued to the video feed, but now there's

an unpleasant interference coming through the audio. I definitely want to see who is inside that car.

[bushmeister0]

17. is it just me, or did the feed end?

And, Raiders versus Dallas? Ugh! Two of the top 5 teams I despise. No thanks.

"Commitment to futility." FU Faiders!

[janx]

24. I can't watch it anymore either. And I really

wanted to see the guy come out of his car and confront the robot! :rofl:

[bushmeister0]

25. Weird thing is; the robot sounds just like Ahhhr'nold.

[RedCloud]

18. Police Standoff Forces Evacuation of Federal Building

Source: KTLA

WESTWOOD -- The Westwood Federal Building is being evacuated after a pursuit suspect led officers on a freeway chase and then sparked a standoff in the building's parking lot.

Initially, there were two suspects inside the vehicle, both of whom were apparently wanted on various local warrants.

They're also wanted for questioning by the Secret Service as part of a federal inquiry into threats against the White House says police Sgt. Kevin Lowe.

Read more: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-secret-service-chase,0,735045.story

[Poll_Blind]

19. Scary. I hope nobody gets hurt. n/t

PB

[lapfog_1]

20. Another couple of "martyrs" for the cause...

now attempting police suicide???

That would be my guess.

[Doctor_J]

21. This will become more and more frequent

Add the natural insanity of Republicans to the 24/7 hate rhetoric, and this will become a regular occurrence. I would like to see the prez go on TV and say, "hate radio, Big Media, and the radical right have combined to account for 30 credible threats on my life every day. If Limbaugh, Beck, Palin, and the rest of the group think this is going to make me back down, they have underestimated me."

[glinda]

22. SS should be hiring more people with thorough background checks. This can

be paid for in part by fines and lawsuits against media outlets/talking heads that spew hate speech and arrests of nutjobs.

[PatSeg]

23. This is getting really scary

How many nut jobs are out there that aren't this visible?

[Joanne98]

26. I'm not getting the live feed anymore.

[Zorra]

27. Another RW extremist republican wacko threatening innocent people and wasting valuable

taxpayer resources.

Conservatives are all nuts in varying degrees, ranging from screaming Town Hall Teabagger Jerry Springer trailer park rejects to Tim McVeigh type mass murderers.

[kestrel91316]

28. KCAL 9 in LA is reporting that the man in the VW has "a long history

of mental problems". Apparently his companion who bailed out of the car earlier also does.

Amazing how the election of a black man who happens to be the smartest motherfucker in the room brings out the crazy in so many people.

[IcyPeas]

29. I heard on the radio at lunchtime an interview

with a woman bystander and she said "this has been going on for over 4 hours, why don't the police just shoot him by now?"

yikes....

[BumRushDaShow]

30. I am shocked that the feed is still running

Would be nice if C3P0 would make a move! :rofl:

[Joanne98]

31. The feed's back on.......The hummer is pushing up against the car.

http://www.ktla.com/ktla-tivid-livestream-b,0,3734258.tividlivestream

[Joanne98]

32. They're going to search the guys house to see if he has guns or not.

And them they'll know how to approach him it's going to be a while.

[kirby]

33. Its over...He is in custody n/t

[Joanne98]

34. His name is Joseph Moshe