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Police respond to an alleged armed man inside a Koreatown laundromat

By Julie Sharp

Updated on: July 24, 2025 / 10:02 AM PDT / CBS LA

CBS News Los Angeles

Los Angeles Police Department officers took a man with an alleged gun inside a Koreatown laundromat into custody after a nearly three-hour standoff on Monday morning.

Police said they were called at 5:40 a.m. to the Koreatown laundry business on W. 3rd Street and S. Catalina Avenue. The caller reported a man with a gun.

Around 7:10 a.m., aerial footage showed police officers, with guns drawn, outside the strip mall business. By 9:45 a.m., police said the man was in custody.

LAPD officers respond to a call of a man with a gun inside a K-Town business. KCAL News

Julie Sharp

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, contributed to the Palos Verdes Pulse and worked as a video journalist for CBS News before joining the CBS News Los Angeles website team.