Officers were sent to the area of Western and Melrose avenues just before 4 AM, according to LAPD Spokesperson Drake Madison, in response to ... a standoff between SWAT and a barricaded suspect.

The LAPD said officers responding to a shots fired call near Figueroa and West 119th St ... through Downtown and stopped ...

The LAPD’s SWAT team eventually stopped the bus at 2:05 a.m. in the vicinity of South Alameda Street and 6th Street, about six miles northeast of where the initial hijacking took place.

The LAPD said its officers believed the suspect was armed and still on the bus with hostages, and so requested a SWAT team to respond to the pursuit. The pursuit lasted about one hour and ended ...

In the 1960s, Los Angeles police developed SWAT, special weapons and tactics. Law enforcement officers from all over the world travel to train with LAPD, the sheriff’s office said.

LAPD SWAT hurled flash bangs onto the bus and hurried ... "I want to thank the bus operator involved for their courageous and swift response as well as LAPD officers for their work to apprehend ...

The LAPD said officers responding to a shots fired call near ... where members of the LAPD's SWAT team stormed the bus, rescued the driver, and arrested Campbell.

Video of a bus hijacking captured the driver climbing out of a window of the vehicle, which displayed "911 CALL POLICE" on the front, as LAPD officers ... it with a SWAT team after 2 a.m ...

Then, SWAT officers used flash bangs and bean bags to rescue the driver and apprehend the gunman. Los Angeles Bus HIJACKED, Driver Rescued After Being Taken Hostage The LAPD believes the gunman ...