Wednesday, August 30, 2023 5:37AM
SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) — Police surrounded a Santa Ana parking lot where a man holding an apparent gun prompted evacuations of nearby stores late Tuesday afternoon.
Law enforcement responded to a strip mall parking lot in the area of 17th Street and Old Tustin Avenue after authorities attempted a traffic stop, according to the Santa Ana Police Department.
The man was seen outside a Hobby Lobby store and pacing in the parking lot around 5 p.m. Other stores in the strip mall were evacuated due to the situation.
Santa Ana police, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the Orange and Tustin police departments responded to the scene.
The standoff remains ongoing.
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