Sqauds of police cars reported by local residents Tuesday morning were part of a Los Angeles Police Department/ATF operation that ended up getting diverted to a Los Angeles bomb threat, said Altadena’s police captain.
Capt. John S. Benedict told the Altadena Town Council Tuesday that the Los Angeles police and federal enforcers from Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms were serving two search warrants Tuesday morning in Altadena in a joint operation involving sales and distribution of illegal firearms.
As they were executing one warrant, a call came in about a bomb threat involving a police vehicle in the Wilshire area of Los Angeles. (The Wilshire Boulevard Temple in the same neighborhood was also the target of a bomb threat earlier that day). Benedict said that LAPD members left the westside scene “code 3″ (with lights and sirens). Some reports we received said that a large white vehicle that resembled a bomb squad vehicle was part of the motorcade that left Altadena.
Benedict said that it wasn’t unusual to have LAPD executing warrants in Altadena.
by TImothy Rutt
Capt. John S. Benedict told the Altadena Town Council Tuesday that the Los Angeles police and federal enforcers from Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms were serving two search warrants Tuesday morning in Altadena in a joint operation involving sales and distribution of illegal firearms.
As they were executing one warrant, a call came in about a bomb threat involving a police vehicle in the Wilshire area of Los Angeles. (The Wilshire Boulevard Temple in the same neighborhood was also the target of a bomb threat earlier that day). Benedict said that LAPD members left the westside scene “code 3″ (with lights and sirens). Some reports we received said that a large white vehicle that resembled a bomb squad vehicle was part of the motorcade that left Altadena.
Benedict said that it wasn’t unusual to have LAPD executing warrants in Altadena.