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Chainsaw-carrying man in standoff vs. SWAT
A man accused of carrying a chainsaw is in a standoff with LAPD's SWAT team in Mission Hills. At one point during the standoff, the man tried to hide under a pink laundry basket.
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A man accused of carrying a chainsaw is in custody – but not before leading police on a 2-hour standoff with police in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley.
SkyFOX was over a Subway sandwich shop in Mission Hills on Tuesday as the man tried to hide from the Los Angeles Police Department inside the bed of a pickup truck. At one point during the standoff, the man put a pink laundry basket over his head.
Over the course of the standoff, the man was seen peeking through the laundry basket holes as police wait for him to surrender.
As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, no injuries have been reported in connection to the alleged chainsaw-carrying man. LAPD was initially worried he'd burn down his own pickup truck before eventually placing him in custody.