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The Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department said the incident began around 5:35
a.m. local time on Thursday when a woman in a Topanga mobile
home park reported having a medical emergency. The department
said that when firefighters arrived, she pulled out a gun.
Deputies retreated to call for backup and the nearby community
was evacuated, the department said. The woman, who was not
identified, barricaded herself in the park and authorities had
since sought to have her surrender, but to no avail.
The woman's motives were not immediately clear.
"Negotiators have worked tirelessly throughout the day using
various tactics to try and persuade the woman to surrender
peacefully. All efforts to this point have been unsuccessful,"
the sheriff's department said in a statement.
At one point, police sent in a robot to make contact with the
woman, but she fired shots at it.
Local broadcaster KABC reported that the woman had threatened
neighbors, and that deputies had fired stun grenades and tear
gas into the mobile home.
Footage published by local media showed numerous police and SWAT
vehicles lining the street, along with what appeared to be an
armored forklift.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco)
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