Shooting At Pro-Trump Rally Leads To Standoff On Ventura Blvd. – Los Angeles, CA Patch

WOODLAND HILLS, CA– Los Angeles Police are trying to find a gunman thought of shooting on a pro-Trump caravan in Woodland Hills.

The event forced the closure of Ventura Boulevard and activated a 5-hour standoff at an apartment complex where 3 suspects were thought to be holed up. A Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Team surrounded the building, introduced a chemical irritant inside and went into the system at about 5 p.m. to discover it empty.

Police reacted to a report of gunshots at a caravan rally in support of President Donald Trump in the 20600 block of Ventura Boulevard at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Nobody was wounded in the shooting. It remained unclear Sunday night if detectives had the ability to verify that the supposed shooting took place.

Cops thought they had actually three suspects barricaded at the scene consisting of a man seen with a weapon at the apartment. Ventura Boulevard was closed down, according to Officer Drake Madison of the Los Angeles Police Department.

“It's still a fluid scenario,” Madison stated.

A guy associated with a conservative group was shot and killed during a similar caravan Saturday in Portland where protesters have actually been showing for weeks, The New York Times reported. The caravans were organized after two protesters were eliminated and another was wounded in Kenosha, Wis amidst a clash in between protesters and armed vigilantes. A 17-year-old pro-police, pro-Trump shooter is dealing with first-degree deliberate murder charges in the Kenosha shootings.

The president required to Twitter on Sunday as the violence unfolded to assault Portland's mayor and praise his supporter eliminated in the middle of the clash there.

As Los Angeles authorities attempted to keep the peace in between various factions Sunday, Trump tweeted a call to arms for his advocates.

“The only method you will stop the violence in the high criminal activity Democrat run cities is through strength!,” he tweeted.

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