Overview
- A welfare check at a home on The Strand led officers to a barricaded occupant who surrendered after roughly seven hours of negotiations.
- Following the surrender, police discovered the body of resident Demetrius Doukoullos, 92, which the county medical examiner said showed signs of trauma.
- The arrested individual identifies as Eleanor Beaulieu and was booked into Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail under the legal name Robert Phillip Simmons on $2 million bail.
- Hermosa Beach police called in the Hermosa Beach/Hawthorne SWAT team and evacuated nearby residences during the standoff.
- Detectives have not established the time or cause of death or any link between Doukoullos and the suspect, and reports suggesting an earlier killing remain unconfirmed.