Police Barricade Situation Continues In Seal Beach

ANNOUNCER:
ELSA: WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING
NEWS A BARRICADE SITUATION AND I
SEAL BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
SKY 2 HIS LIFE ABOVE THE SCENE
RIGHT NOW THAT SEVERAL STREETS
ARE SHUT DOWN AFTER NEIGHBORS
SAID THEY HEARD GUNSHOTS.
PETER: CBS 2 JEFF NGUYEN IS LIVE
FOR A NEWS CONFERENCE IS
EXPECTED ANY MOMENT NOW.
REPORTER: PETER NOW SO LET ME SO
LET ME STEP BESIDES HE CAN SEE
THE FLUID SITUATION.
YOU SEE THE COMMAND POST FROM
THE SEAL BEACH POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
HERE'S THE BACK STORY.
AT 7:20 TONIGHT A WOMAN CALLED
911 AND THAT POINT POLICE TELL
US THE CALL FOR SOME REASON
DROPPED OUT.
WITNESSES IN THE AREA REPORTED
HEARING GUNSHOTS GO OFF.
POLICE TELL US THAT ALL THIS
WENT DOWN AT AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX NEAR THE CORNER OF
SEVENTH AND CENTRAL.
WE SPOKE TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO
SAY.
I LIVE FOR HOUSES FROM
I
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
FIREWORKS.
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HEAR POLICE
CARS FLYING BY.
RIGHT NOW THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS STAYING
TIGHTLIPPED ON WHAT HAPPENED
BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO
BROADCAST WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE TELLING US
THEY ARE IN TACTICAL MODE
BECAUSE A S.W.A.T. TEAM IS HERE.
BEGIN TO TELL YOU EARLIER A
POLICE HELICOPTER WAS ABOVE
TELLING PEOPLE TO STAY INSIDE
THEIR HOMES BECAUSE AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE S.W.A.T.
MEMBERS AND HIGH-POWERED GUNS SO
THEY WANT FOLKS TO BE SAFE.
WE SPOKE TO A YOUNG WOMAN WHO
WORKS AT AN ICE CREAM PARLOR AND
SHE TOLD US CUSTOMERS WERE TOLD
BY POLICE OFFICERS TO GO INSIDE
TO SEEK SHELTER.
THAT'S A SITUATION NOW.
THEY'RE NOT TELLING US MORE THAN
THAT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT
PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOME TO KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE WILL STAY HERE.
WE ARE TOLD WE WILL BE BRIEFED
BY THE PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICERS.
IF YOU DON'T MIND I'M GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND HANG OUT WITH YOU
FOR A FEW MINUTES BECAUSE I SEE
SERGEANT HENDERSON WALKING IN
OUR DIRECTION.
IF YOU CAN BE PATIENT SERGEANT
HENDERSON IS WALKING OVER HERE
RIGHT NOW AS WE LOOK AT THE
SCENE.
IN JUST A FEW SECONDS SERGEANT
HENDERSON SHOULD TAKE THE MIC.
WE ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW SO DO YOU
WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE?
GOOD EVENING I AM SERGEANT
MICHAEL HENDERSON SPLIT THE
SEALED EACH POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
AS I'VE SAID I'M PRIOR BRIEFINGS
THIS IS AN ONGOING TACTICAL
SITUATION.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET OUT
INFORMATION THAT WILL COMPROMISE
THE SITUATION AND ENDANGERED THE
SAFETY OF OFFICERS HANDLING THE
SITUATION.
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:20 THIS
EVENING THE COMMUNICATION CENTER
RECEIVED A CALL OF A FEMALE
REQUESTING THE ASSISTANCE OF THE
POLICE.
THE LINE WAS DISCONNECTED AND
SEVERAL WITNESSES CLAIMED OR
STATED THERE WERE GUNSHOTS
COMING FROM THE AREA.
OFFICERS RESPONDED AND A
TACTICAL TEAM WAS SUMMONED TO
ADDRESS THE SITUATION.
AT THIS TIME I CANNOT CONFIRM OR
DENY ANY INFORMATION THAT MAY
HAVE COME OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
AND AS WE GET FURTHER
INFORMATION I WILL BE ABLE TO
GIVE YOU A BRIEF.
I CANNOT AS I SAID I DON'T WANT
TO COMPROMISE THE SAFE D OF THE
S.W.A.T. OFFICERS HANDLING THE
SITUATION SO I CAN'T CONFIRM OR
DENY THE S.W.A.T. OFFICERS HAVE
MADE ENTRY INTO THE LOCATION.
I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
WE ARE TREATING THE SITUATION IS
A BARRICADE SITUATION BUT SINCE.
REPORTER: SHOTS FIRED WE HAVE
NOT HEARD OF ANY FURTHER FROM
THAT LOCATION.
IT'S DARK INSIDE OF THE
APARTMENT COMPLEX
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE
USING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND
TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE THE
SAFETY OF THE OFFICERS THAT WERE
THERE AND TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT
MAY OR MAY NOT BE GOING ON IN
THERE BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE
OUT FURTHER DETAILS THAN THAT.
EXCUSE ME.
WE DON'T KNOW.
MY UNDERSTANDING IF YOU CAN
ASSIST ME WITH THE MEDIA WE
WOULD ASK THAT EVERYONE WHO
LIVES IN THE AREA TO STAY IN
THEIR HOMES UNTIL THE SITUATION
IS RESOLVED.
WHAT TIME IS YOUR LAST
BROADCAST?
IT'S RIGHT NOW.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST BRIEFING I
WILL BE ABLE TO GET TONIGHT AND
I'LL BE ABLE TO GET FURTHER
INFORMATION EARLY IN THE MORNING
FOR THE MORNING BROADCAST AND
BRIEFINGS.
THANK YOU.
THAT WAS SERGEANT HENDERSON
FROM THE SEAL BEACH POLICE
DEPARTMENT STAYING VERY
TIGHTLIPPED RIGHT NOW.
THEY WILL NOT SAY WHETHER THEY
HAVE CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE
INSIDE THAT ALL THEY WILL SAY IS
A WOMAN CALLED 911 AROUND
7:20 TONIGHT.
THE LINE DROPPED OUT AFTER THAT.
PEOPLE HEARD THREE GUNSHOTS GO
OFF.
IT'S VERY FLUID NOW THE S.W.A.T.
OFFICERS ARE IN THE SCENE.
IF WE LEARN MORE OR HE HAPPENS
TO COME BACK WE WILL CHECK IN
WITH YOU.
PETER AND ELSA BACK TO YOU.
ELSA: JEFF THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS STILL VERY MUCH AS YOU
HEARD THE SEAL BEACH PIO SAY
THIS IS A BARRICADE SITUATION
AND THEY WILL NOT CONFIRM
WHETHER THEY HAVE MADE CONTACT

Police Barricade Situation Continues In Seal Beach

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