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Police Arrest Sexual Assault Suspect After Standoff at Paramount Studios Lot

Police have taken into custody a sexual assault suspect who barricaded himself in a building on the Paramount Studios lot in Los Angles late on Sunday night.

The suspect was identified as Bryan Gudiel Barrios, according to AP, and worked on the Paramount lot, though it was not clear in what capacity.

The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement Monday, “On October 18, 2020, around 10:00 p.m., personnel from Fullerton Police Department were in the area of Plymouth and Melrose near the Paramount Pictures Lot. They were there to arrest a sexual assault suspect. They attempted to detain the suspect and he produced a knife at which time they used a Taser. They also requested LAPD personnel to assist. As LAPD personnel arrived, they used 40 mm and beanbag which were also ineffective. At the Melrose gate to the lot there was an officer involved shooting. The suspect ran onto the lot and barricaded himself inside of a building. Officers attempted to negotiate with the suspect to surrender. Around 12:15 a.m., officers entered the building and took the suspect into custody. The suspect was bleeding from wounds he sustained during the incident and was transported to a local hospital. The wounds to the suspect are self-inflicted knife wounds. No officers were injured.”

The Fullerton police department will handle the arrest and booking. The suspect was under investigation for sexual assault of a minor.

LAPD HQ tweeted that police were first in the area of Plymouth and Melrose, near the Paramount Pictures lot, around 10 p.m. to arrest a sexual assault suspect, but when they attempted to detain the man, he produced a knife, causing police to taser him.

“Officers attempted to negotiate with the suspect to surrender. Around 12:15 am officers entered the bldg and took the suspect into custody. The suspect was bleeding from wounds he sustained during the incident and was transported to a local hospital. No officers were injured,” LAPD HQ tweeted.

Officers had opened fire on the suspect, but the injuries he sustained were self-inflicted, and he was taken to a hospital.

LAPD HQ tweeted earlier that there was “heavy police activity” in Hollywood, and advised local residents to stay indoors. Eyewitness accounts of the stand-off on social media depict helicopters flying overhead and a fleet of police cars stationed around the studio lot.

Paramount Studios is located on the 5500 block of Melrose Avenue.

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