Standoff ends with arrest of Sunland man

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Good morning. Had a SWAT callout last night in Sunland ... Ended with the arrest of the barricaded suspect.

SUNLAND - LAPD SWAT team officers blasted tear gas canisters into a Sunland home today to flush out a 61-year-old man who had threatened his ex- girlfriend with a handgun, then barricaded himself inside for roughly five hours, police said.

The incident began when the man showed up at his ex-girlfriend's house in the 10800 block of Leolang Avenue near Jayseel Street around 8 p.m. Thursday, said an officer at th Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Station.

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