Paramount Studio: Suspicious barricade on studio lot, police say


According to preliminary information, the PT (1 am ET) Fullerton Police Department was conducting an investigation into the sexual assault in Hollywood Hollywood just after 10 p.m., a spokesman told CPL. Billy Fu told CNN. Investigators sought LAPD’s help when they tried to contact a suspect in the Hollywood area, he said.

At some point, the suspect barricaded himself inside a building in Paramount Studios, a spokesman told CNN.

It is not clear whether the suspect is armed.

LAPD Hollywood told people to avoid the area, saying Melrose Avenue and North Gower Street have police activity. Post on Twitter The area they mentioned is close to Paramount Studios.

Aerial video shot by CNN-affiliated KCBS shows police officers and police cars near a building on the Paramount Studio Lot at the entrance to the studio. CNN In the affiliate KABC’s video on the scene, with a large presence of police cars and officers, a section of the street is blocked with yellow police tape.

The Fullerton Police Department did not provide additional information about the suspect or the investigation and made further inquiries to the LAPD. CNN has reached out to the department.

This is a developing story.

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