Police, crisis teams in standoff with man in parked car in La Jolla

Hours-long standoff ends after gunman surrenders to SWAT officers in La Jolla

A standoff between police and an armed man in La Jolla Tuesday afternoon ended after an hours-long negotiation caused street closures and school lockdowns in the area, officials said Tuesday. Officers were told a man, upset about a breakup, was sitting in a blue Ford Focus with a gun near Via Casa Alta and La Jolla Scenic Drive around 10:45 a.m., San Diego police Lt. David Meyer said. Officers arrived and confirmed the man was parked on the side…

Police, crisis teams in standoff with man in parked car in La Jolla

FILE: An ambulance with the word “paramedic” on the side. (Alexander Nguyen) Schools went into precautionary lockdown and residents in a La Jolla neighborhood were being told to stay in their homes Tuesday afternoon as crisis counselors attempted to speak to an apparently suicidal man in a parked car just west of Mt. Soledad. The standoff between a SWAT team, San Diego police, and a man apparently armed with a pistol in a car on the 2000 block o…

Man in custody after SWAT standoff in La Jolla neighborhood

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A man is in custody after a six-hour SWAT standoff Tuesday in a La Jolla neighborhood. The San Diego Police Department, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and SWAT teams arrived at a home in the area of La Jolla Scenic Drive and Via Casa Alta, near the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial, around 10 a.m. Tuesday for reports of threats. See real-time road conditions on our Live Traffic Map The police department r…

Hours-long SWAT standoff ends in La Jolla for man with gun

An hours-long SWAT standoff came to an end in La Jolla, Wednesday afternoon after a man waving his gun in a car surrendered himself to officials.

The SWAT team managed to arrest a gunman who was in a neighborhood of La Jolla, after a six-hour armed confrontation. The San Diego County Police Department had to alert and protect the area. According to the local authorities' report, one person reported that a man was inside a car with a gun and refused to leave. The individual was a 20-year-old male. The San Diego County Sheriff's Department and SWAT teams arrived at a house in the area of La…