UPDATE: More details on Monday's standoff in Carson
An assault suspect who held sheriff's deputies at bay for nearly six hours in Carson was identified as Randy Gil Ramirez, a 33-year-old gang member known as "Thumper," deputies said today.
Deputies arrested Ramirez about 6:20 p.m. Monday when they discovered he had burrowed through the wall of a condominium into another unit and was hiding in a closet, sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker said.
Investigators today released more details about the nearly six hour standoff that forced residents to leave their homes at the Scottsdale Estates on Monday.
Deputies surrounded the condominium in the 23400 block of Avalon Boulevard at 12:45 p.m. when they learned Ramirez might be visiting a woman and her twin 2-year-old girls, Parker said.
Ramirez was wanted in a shooting that occurred Friday. A victim was wounded in the arm.
Deputies ordered Ramirez to come out, but he tried to escape through a rear window. He retreated inside when he realized the area was surrounded, Parker said.
After a period of time, the woman left the condominium without her children.
A Sheriff's Department special weapons team then surrounded the condominium and tried to get Ramirez to give up.
"When Sheriff's Special Enforcement Bureau deputies saw the twins alone in a room in the residence, they made entry and successfully retrieved the toddlers from the location," Parker said. "The children were not injured and were reunited with their mother."
Ramirez remained inside and alone.
At 6:20 P.M., after repeatedly ordering Ramirez to come out, the special weapons team entered and found Ramirez had broken through the drywall and escaped into another unit.
Deputies sent in a police dog and found him hiding in a closet, but still refusing to surrender.
"After a brief struggle with the dog and deputies, the suspect was taken into custody," Parker said.
Ramirez was booked at the Carson jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. He was held on $50,000 bail.
Two hand guns were recovered.
Deputies arrested Ramirez about 6:20 p.m. Monday when they discovered he had burrowed through the wall of a condominium into another unit and was hiding in a closet, sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker said.
Investigators today released more details about the nearly six hour standoff that forced residents to leave their homes at the Scottsdale Estates on Monday.
Deputies surrounded the condominium in the 23400 block of Avalon Boulevard at 12:45 p.m. when they learned Ramirez might be visiting a woman and her twin 2-year-old girls, Parker said.
Ramirez was wanted in a shooting that occurred Friday. A victim was wounded in the arm.
Deputies ordered Ramirez to come out, but he tried to escape through a rear window. He retreated inside when he realized the area was surrounded, Parker said.
After a period of time, the woman left the condominium without her children.
A Sheriff's Department special weapons team then surrounded the condominium and tried to get Ramirez to give up.
"When Sheriff's Special Enforcement Bureau deputies saw the twins alone in a room in the residence, they made entry and successfully retrieved the toddlers from the location," Parker said. "The children were not injured and were reunited with their mother."
Ramirez remained inside and alone.
At 6:20 P.M., after repeatedly ordering Ramirez to come out, the special weapons team entered and found Ramirez had broken through the drywall and escaped into another unit.
Deputies sent in a police dog and found him hiding in a closet, but still refusing to surrender.
"After a brief struggle with the dog and deputies, the suspect was taken into custody," Parker said.
Ramirez was booked at the Carson jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. He was held on $50,000 bail.
Two hand guns were recovered.
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