A nearly eight-hour standoff with an armed man aboard an Amtrak train in Chatsworth ended early Saturday when sheriff’s deputies deployed tear gas and the man surrendered. Ayra Sierra of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the tear gas was deployed shortly before 2 a.m. The standoff began about 6:30 p.m. Friday after a passenger aboard the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner reported seeing a man with a handgun. The train was stopped and passengers were evacuated, said Ramon Montenegro, public information officer for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Transit Policing Division. Los Angeles Police Department officers, L.A. County sheriff’s deputies and Amtrak police officers surrounded the train, and the tracks were shut down in both directions.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 17, 2016 05:02 UTC