BREAKING UPDATE: Police appeared to pull the man out of the vehicle at about 12 p.m. KTLA’s Chip Yost reported that he heard a “pop” from nearby, but he wasn’t sure exactly what the sound was.
KTLA’s Mike Case reported that he saw the man “slumped” in the car, and saw blood.
The man’s condition is not currently known. He appeared to be unconscious when removed from the vehicle.
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Original story: All lanes of the 91 Freeway were closed in both directions near Anaheim Hills on Friday morning due to a police standoff.
Corporal Tobias Kouroubacalis with Corona PD told KTLA that the man was an armed stalking suspect and officers made contact with him in the area of McKinley Street and Griffin way in Corona. The suspect then engaged in a standoff with officers from Corona and deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
Anaheim police also confirmed that a man was barricaded inside of the blue sedan in the westbound lanes, and it was assisting Corona PD and the California Highway Patrol.
According to Kouroubacalis, police were communicating with the man via phone call during the standoff. He said the department was in “no hurry to make physical contact” with the man and officers would only move in on him if there was an active threat.
Caltrans District 12 said on X, formerly Twitter, that the westbound side was shutdown at Imperial Highway. The eastbound lanes were closed at Lakeview Avenue.
Traffic was backed up for miles on both sides as of 12 p.m. Authorities allowed some backed-up vehicles to turn around and drive the wrong way on the freeway in order to exit.
Two nearby schools, Crescent Elementary and Crescent Primary, were locked down as a precaution.
The CHP said they were alerted to the barricaded suspect at 8:20 a.m.
This is a developing report. Check back for updates.
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