Los Angeles police said Saturday they were responding to an “active police incident” at a Trader Joe’s supermarket in the Silver Lake area. Details were still unclear, but the LAPD confirmed there was an “active barricaded suspect” inside the store.
The area around the Trader Joe’s was surrounded by police and emergency vehicles. Bystanders say someone fired off gunshots outside. Witnesses told CBS Los Angeles it appeared the suspected gunman took hostages inside the store.
Lorraine Perrotta, who lives in the Silver Lake neighborhood, says she was getting ready to park her car Saturday afternoon when she heard gunshots.
Some witnesses took to social media.
Devin Field, a writer for “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” tweeted he was walking inside when a car crashed into the entrance and a man “got out shooting.”
Some people could be seen exiting the store through a side window and down a ladder.
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