Sheriffs stop suspect at Los Altos Center

Red car is stopped at entrance to Los Altos Center

LA County Sheriff stop at Los Altos Center ties up traffic

Los Angeles County Sheriff's pursued a  driver who was erroneously reported to have brandished a gun.

At approximately 5:00 pm Wednesday May 13th, over a dozen L.A. County Sheriff units stopped the suspect at the entrance to  the parking lot of  the South Los Altos Center next to Pick-Up Sticks 

(the red car in the photo above).  

Traffic diverted into shopping center

With an L.A. County helicopter overhead, North bound Bellflower Blvd. was closed off and traffic was diverted into the Los Altos Center at Britton/Abbeyfield  by assisting CSULB and Long Beach Police units causing a traffic back-up to Atherton Street.

North bound traffic on Bellflower Blvd. backed up

No weapon was found  in the search of the suspect vehicle by the Sheriff's, and the driver was released at about 5:30 pm.