Overview
- Police were called to the 500 block of The Strand around 12:30 p.m. for a welfare check requested by a landlord who had not heard from a tenant for about a week.
- Officers entered with the landlord’s permission, observed indications of a possible deceased person, and located a body inside the residence.
- A woman inside told officers she was armed and barricaded herself, prompting a multi-agency response that included SWAT units from Hawthorne, Manhattan Beach, El Segundo and Hermosa Beach.
- Negotiators secured a surrender at about 7:45 p.m., and an adult woman was taken into custody without further incident.
- The death is being investigated as a homicide, the victim has not been publicly identified, and officials have not detailed the detained woman’s relationship to the deceased or whether she will face charges.