Sheriff vehicles line up Lincoln Avenue, north from about Deverian.
by Timothy Rutt
From the LA County Sheriff's Department, sent at 5 PM:
A Special Weapons and Tactics Team from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Special Enforcement Bureau, is responding to the 3200 block of North Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, regarding a barricaded suspect.
The suspect shot and injured a female adult at the location and then barricaded himself in the residence armed with a long rifle. The suspect is believed to have several other weapons inside residence.
The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Her condition is unknown at this time.
There is no further information available at this time.
More on this as it develops.
UPDATE 6:30: Just returned from the site -- LIncoln Avenue is blocked from about north of Deverian. Loma Alta Park has been cleared and is sealed off. A sheriff's deputy we talked to said he was dispatched from the East LA station, so they're bringing in reinforcements from all over.
Terri Perry, who identified herself as a resident of the neighborhood, said the situation had been going on since at least 2:30 this afternoon, when she was trying to get back home and was turned away by what deputies described to her as a shooting.
We also received a tweet from Mike Parker of the Sheriff's Department that SWAT was deployed about 3:29 this afternoon.
We have pictures after the jump
UPDATE 7 PM: Altadena sheriff's spokesman says things are status quo -- suspect is still holding on in the building.
UPDATE 9 PM: Suspect was found dead in the home by SWAT team about 8:15 PM tonight. Details here.
Sheriff car parked on lawn at Loma Alta Park.
Intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Loma Alta.
Sheriff vehicles deployed at Lincoln Ave. and Altadena Drive.
Sheriff's helicopter hovering over the scene.
