
Hermosa Beach Barricade Ends With Discovery of Deceased Person in Garage
HERMOSA BEACH, Calif.—A six hour standoff and fire in Hermosa Beach ended when a SWAT team entered the house and found a dead person inside the garage, authorities said Dec. 25. Hermosa Beach police officers and a sheriff’s SWAT team entered the house in the 600 block of 11th Street at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday and located a deceased person inside the garage, according to a Hermosa Beach Police Department statement. The situation started around 3:20 p.m. Sunday when officers responded to a call of unknown trouble and a woman heard screaming near the scene, police said. Arriving officers discovered a domestic incident occurred and a man made several threats toward a female, causing her and other family members to flee the house for their own safety, police said. The man barricaded himself inside and refused contact with officers....
